When "Just in Case" Becomes a GDPR Violation

In this episode of Compliance Technologies, we continue our series on GDPR fines by focusing on one of the most misunderstood principles in modern compliance: data minimization.

GDPR requires organizations to collect personal data that is adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary. In practice, many systems do the opposite, collecting data “just in case,” for analytics, future features, or convenience.

We explore why this mindset has become a growing compliance risk, how unnecessary data quietly turns into legal exposure, and why regulators increasingly view excessive data collection as a design failure rather than an operational mistake.

This episode reframes data minimization as a system architecture problem, not a documentation exercise, especially in environments involving analytics, monitoring, and AI.

If you build, operate, or govern systems that process personal data, this conversation will change how you think about what your systems collect and why.