SAP Information Lifecycle Management (SAP ILM)

GDPR-compliant handling of personal data

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulates the processing of personal data by private companies and public institutions. The new data protection rules are intended to force these organizations to make the processing of personal data more transparent and secure. Expanded disclosure requirements also now apply. Traditional data management tools are no longer sufficient due to the GDPR’s data retention and destruction requirements. As soon as legal or contractual retention obligations no longer apply, not only personal data but also personal documents must be blocked or deleted according to the DSGVO.

Benefits and opportunities

SAP Information Lifecycle Management (SAP ILM) is a holistic solution for efficient management of personal company data, including an archive system for SAP and non-SAP systems in a central hub. With SAP ILM you can identify, manage, and destroy the personal data and documents in your organization in a GDPR-compliant manner. You can archive productive data and documents in an audit-proof and rule-based manner with SAP ILM as well. By setting legal holds, you can also postpone the destruction of individual data and archive files until the facts of the case have been clarified.

A prerequisite for establishing GDPR compliance is a cross-system process analysis of the processing of personal data in your company. Identification and definition of the personal processes in your IT landscape, considering the requirements of the GDPR and the legal retention periods, form the basis for the creation of an authorization and rule-based deletion concept. Only authorized persons may view locked data and supervise the rule-based deletion processes. Within SAP ILM, the company-specific rule sets are configured. These settings are rolled out to the various systems after successful testing, so that you can permanently comply with the requirements of the GDPR permanently and system-supported in your entire IT landscape.

Implementation SAP ILM – Roadmap

Contact

Jan Philipp Goepel

SAP Consultant
Phone: +49 40 53302-0
E-Mail: jan.goepel@cimt-ag.de

Our offer

Have you already got a complete overview of how and where personal data is processed in your IT landscape? Do you want to comply with the requirements of the GDPR in your systems as well as processes and thus establish GDPR conformity?

cimt AG helps you to realize a GDPR compliant handling of personal data by using SAP ILM. With the experience of our consultants, we methodically optimize your process and system architecture together with you and ensure a fast and compliant implementation of the GDPR.

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