Of course your company does not want to throw away 20 million euros or 4% of your annual turnaround for not having data related to EU citizens regulated. Azure Infrastructure team understands that too. That is why they are planning to introduce the Data Subject Request (DSR) capability with Azure in near future.
GDPR Compliance is centered around the following concepts
- Consent
- Right to Access
- Personal Data Defineation
- Breach Notification
- Right to be forgotten
- Privacy by Design
- Data portability
- Data Protection Officers (DPO)