Whew! Just back from my annual trip to Pamplona, where I took part in the Running of the Bulls. I’m kidding. I’d have to be mad to do that. You know me; I’m all about safety and security. 
Which brings up a good point. The Spaniards seem to throw caution to the wind each July, as they tempt fate in those narrow streets. But when it comes to protecting personal data, they are one conservative crowd. In fact, not only is protection of personal data the law in Spain, it’s also a constitutional right there.
One organization that wanted to stay in compliance with the Spanish data privacy law is Grupo Godó. Founded in 1881, this print and digital media communications group based in Cataluña is best known for its very popular newspaper La Vanguardia—one of the best-selling daily papers in Spain. I know what you’re thinking. No, Grupo Godó isn’t owned by Rupert Murdoch (they actually believe in privacy protection).
Because of Grupo Godó’s diverse range of commercial activities in the media sector, the company comprises many different divisions using a variety of IT systems, user directories and authentication processes. Large numbers of freelancers who need periodic access to internal systems complicate the mix even more.
Managers at Grupo Godó wanted to improve the management of its more than 1,300 users across the company’s heterogeneous IT environment in order to comply with Spanish data protection legislation. After an exhaustive search, Grupo Godó selected Novell Identity Manager—picking it over a comparable IBM Tivoli* solution.
Implementing Novell Identity Manager, a WorkloadIQ product, the company combined its disparate identity stores to create a central repository of all user identities across every IT system. Users now benefit from a single sign-on system and have just one password which identifies them on all current Grupo Godó IT systems and applications. IT staff now spend considerably less time on user management tasks. And the company has fulfilled its legal requirements.
Speaking of which, while IT administrators were previously responsible for distributing new passwords to users via email or face-to-face, Novell Identity Manager’s self-service password reset portal grants users the autonomy to self-manage their personal information—a key requirement of Spain’s newest data privacy law
If you want to learn more about how Grupo Godó improved security, reduced user administration time and complied with the Spanish data privacy law, visit www.novell.com/success/grupo_godo.html.
Until next year’s Running of the Fools… er, I mean Bulls, may your feet never fail ya.
–Richard
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