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Discussion on: What are some fundamentals of security every developer should understand?

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Namir

What did you do, just hash or encrypt everything? We are facing the same right now.

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Joel Murphy

Not everything, just database tables containing personally identifiable information. You’ll want to encrypt this information rather than hash it, as you’ll more than likely need to retrieve it at a later date. Here is a good read which explains the legislation in more detail: techblog.bozho.net/gdpr-practical-...