GDPR COMPLIANCE
SAFEGUARDING EUROPEAN DATA RIGHTS
Comet Backup Self-Hosted Management Console meets GDPR's core requirements through architectural design and operational transparency. By putting control directly in your hands rather than relying on third-party promises, Comet transforms GDPR compliance from a contractual obligation into an operational reality.
Mandatory Encryption
All data is encrypted end-to-end, ensuring information remains unreadable to unauthorized parties and addressing confidentiality obligations.
Data Location Control
Self-hosted deployment gives you complete control over where backup servers and storage reside, aligning with GDPR's location and transfer restrictions.
Data Subject Rights
Granular user access controls and deletion capabilities enable you to honor access, correction, and right-to-erasure requests without operational disruption.
Full Data Ownership
Your organization retains complete ownership of your Comet Management Console and all customer data.
HIPAA COMPLIANCE: PROTECTING SENSITIVE HEALTH INFORMATION
Comet Backup's Self-Hosted Management Console delivers HIPAA-compliant backup through military-grade encryption, operational transparency, and self-hosted control. Hospitals, out-patient clinics, dental offices, healthcare providers and their business associates can protect PHI (Protected Health Information) without complex Business Associate Agreements or cloud vendor lock-ins.
Healthcare-Grade Encryption
Military-grade AES-256-CTR encryption ensures PHI is "unusable, unreadable, and indecipherable" to unauthorized parties meeting HIPAA's core technical safeguard requirement.
No Business Associate Agreement Required
Self-hosted deployment means you control the management console and encryption keys directly. Only your chosen cloud storage provider requires a BAA, simplifying compliance structure and reducing contractual complexity. Or with on-premises storage, no BAA is needed.
Administrative and Technical Safeguards
Role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, comprehensive audit logging, and segregation of duties enforce HIPAA's Administrative and Technical Safeguard requirements natively.
Audit Documentation
Audit backup jobs, administrative actions, and data access events are logged with timestamps and user identification, providing evidence for HIPAA Risk Assessments, breach investigations, and compliance reviews.
Healthcare-Grade Encryption
Military-grade AES-256-CTR encryption ensures PHI is "unusable, unreadable, and indecipherable" to unauthorized parties meeting HIPAA's core technical safeguard requirement.
No Business Associate Agreement Required
Self-hosted deployment means you control the management console and encryption keys directly. Only your chosen cloud storage provider requires a BAA, simplifying compliance structure and reducing contractual complexity.
Administrative and Technical Safeguards
Role-based access control, multi-factor authentication, comprehensive audit logging, and segregation of duties enforce HIPAA's Administrative and Technical Safeguard requirements natively.
Audit Documentation
Audit backup jobs, administrative actions, and data access events are logged with timestamps and user identification, providing evidence for HIPAA Risk Assessments, breach investigations, and compliance reviews.
FAQS
No. Self-hosted deployment means you control the console and encryption keys directly –Comet Backup doesn't process PHI on your behalf. Only your chosen storage provider (AWS, Azure, etc.) requires a BAA, not Comet Backup. This simplifies your compliance structure and reduces contractual complexity.
Yes. Self-hosted deployment gives you complete control over backup server and storage locations, allowing you to comply with GDPR's location and transfer restrictions.
Comet Backup uses NIST-approved, military-grade AES-256-CTR encryption with Poly1305 authentication. Your organization generates and holds the encryption keys; Comet Backup does not. Even if storage facilities were compromised, data remains unreadable without your keys.
Comet uses separate storage locations and separate encryption keys for each end user’s Storage Vault. If you use Comet's built-in ability to request new storage locations, they are provisioned with separate access credentials. This ensures no end user can read or decrypt another end user’s data.
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