Tag Archives: GDPR

Your session ID is being reused and there is nothing you can do about it

Posted on March 8, 2019 by briancaos

In many years we have been used to the fact that the ASP.Net session ID uniquely identifies one session, and one session only. Back in 2006, Margaret Rouse from TechTarget even wrote in the definition of a session ID that: … Continue reading →

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Using Notepad++ to mask email address for GDPR reasons

Posted on October 18, 2018 by briancaos

With the new GDPR rules enforced in Europe, shipping log files containing personal information (including email addresses) to 3rd parties are a no-go. Unless you have a signed controller/processor agreement of course, which no one has, as this gives them legal … Continue reading →

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SHA256 hashing email addresses for GDPR reasons

Posted on August 10, 2018 by briancaos

This is a followup on the previous post C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons, where user Inspector Cluedget pointed out that masking (replacing characters with *) an email address in the log file is the least safest of the data masking … Continue reading →

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C# Mask email address for GDPR reasons

Posted on August 7, 2018 by briancaos

UPDATE 2018-08-10: See this post SHA256 hashing email addresses for GDPR reasons for an even better masking approcah. Thanks to Inspector Cluedget for the tip. This is a C# extension method that will mask your email address following this pattern: If it’s … Continue reading →

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