GDPR and Privacy Compliance in FileMaker

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Practical steps for aligning a FileMaker solution with GDPR and general data privacy requirements.

What you'll learn

  • GDPR principles that affect FileMaker design
  • Implementing the right to erasure in a relational database
  • Data minimization at the field and record level
  • Documenting data processing for privacy compliance

If your FileMaker solution stores personal data about EU residents, GDPR applies regardless of where you are based. GDPR principles -- data minimization, purpose limitation, right to erasure, and security by design -- map directly to FileMaker implementation decisions. This is not legal advice, but a technical guide to the practical implications.

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Data minimization

Collect only the personal data you actually need. Before adding a field for a person's birthdate, national ID, or phone number, ask: do we have a documented purpose for this data? If not, do not create the field. Delete fields that collected data for a purpose that is no longer active. This directly reduces your compliance surface.

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