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title: "GDPR: do you have an ETL? Then you have a problem"
description: On May 25th, the application period of the new general data protection regulation (GDPR) by the European Union will end.
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# [GDPR: do you have an ETL? Then you have a problem](https://blog.bismart.com/en/gdpr-do-you-have-an-etl-then-you-have-a-problem)

 Written by [Maria Gorini](https://blog.bismart.com/en/author/maria-gorini) | May 1, 2018 10:00:00 PM

On May 25th, the application period of the **[new general data protection regulation](https://www.eugdpr.org/key-changes.html) (GDPR)** by the European Union will end. This means that all the organizations and companies of the world that work with data of the citizens of the European Union **must comply with the regulation as of May 25th**.

This regulation was applied in 2015, but the EU has given 2 years to companies and organizations to adapt their systems. The organizations affected are not only those with headquarters in the EU, but **any company, organization or entity that manipulates data of European citizens**.

It should be remembered that fines for breach of this new regulation **can reach up to 4% of annual turnover** or 20 million euros.

According to a Gartner study, most companies were** not prepared for the GDPR months before the end of the grace period.**

### **ETL: systems that do not comply with the GDPR**

There are many organizations that use ETL systems. ETL systems allow you to extract data from **different sources, transform them and store them** in a database. The problem is that **very few of these systems are prepared for the General Regulation of data protection**, that is, in the extraction, transformation and storage processes, **it is not guaranteed** that the data protection requirements are met.

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### **Master Data Management & Enterprise Information Integration**

Until now, the integration of information between the systems was carried out heterogeneously, with numerous specific one-to-one interfaces, with important efforts at the programming level, etc., as a result of responding to the needs that arose without initial reflection to offer a global, scalable and sustainable long-term approach.

Master Data Management Enterprise Information Integration (MDM/EII) is a new system that allows organizations to visualize data from** several different systems and formats in one place**. MDM/EII has been designed with the new regulation in mind, so it guarantees that **its requirements are respected at every step of the process**. MDM/EII ensures the integrity of the information: the data is accurate, complete, homogeneous, solid and coherent with the intention for which they are transferred.

The platform facilitates the **transfer of information from one system to another**. The information-oriented integration does not require modifications in the systems involved, but only **the implementation of the information exchange mechanism between the data repositories of the respective applications**. It represents the simplest form of integration with the least impact compared to other types of integration: process-oriented or service-oriented.

If you want more information about the solution, you can contact us [here](https://bismart.com/en/contact/). One of our experts will contact you shortly.

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