How to sanitize preview environment data
Blog post from Upsun
The blog post discusses the importance of GDPR compliance when managing sensitive user data in preview environments and outlines how Upsun's platform can facilitate data sanitization to maintain this compliance. It emphasizes the need for data sanitization, which involves permanently erasing sensitive data to prevent exposure in non-production environments. The article details five methods for sanitizing data in preview environments, specifically using the Symfony framework, but notes that these methods can be adapted to other frameworks. It explains the use of Symfony commands, environment inheritance, hooks, runtime operations, activity scripts, and shell scripts to automate the sanitization process, ensuring that all non-production environments remain compliant with GDPR standards. The post provides technical guidance on setting up and executing these methods, including the creation of commands and scripts, the use of CLI tools, and the configuration of environment variables, while encouraging readers to maintain GDPR compliance through regular data sanitization practices.