Security and compliance

At Uploadcare we honor the safety of personal and business-sensitive information and implement compliancy with GDPR, HIPAA and other standards and regulations. Uploadcare provides you with advanced privacy features to upload, access and manage your content in a secure way.

Signed uploads

Control who and when can upload files. It prevents from uploading files using a Public API key only. You’ll have to generate a security token on the backend to upload a file.

Signed uploads work for a particular Uploadcare project.

Signed URLs

Control who and when can request files. Enabling this feature limits access to your project files. A user will require a token from your backend to access the content.

Signed URLs work in conjunction with custom domains.

Unsafe content moderation

Detect and identify inappropriate, unwanted, NSFW, or offensive user-generated content in order to enhance user safety, ensure brand integrity, and comply with local and global regulations.

Malware protection

Enable malware checking for all uploaded files.

Compliance

HIPAA is US legislation providing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI). On our Enterprise plan, Uploadcare can be configured to support HIPAA compliant workflow.

Uploadcare is committed to complying with industry-standard privacy and security measures and all applicable laws and regulations to keep customer and end-user data safe and secure: SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR. Learn more about it in our Trust Center.

Table of Contents

ArticleDescription
Validation and moderationYou can validate the types of files you want to accept, and apply various checks after
Signed uploadsGet to control who can and when can upload files to one of your Uploadcare projects
Signed URLsControl who and for how long can access files in your project via signed URLs. Protect end-users sensitive data, authorize clients, limit access by time
Unsafe content moderationDetect and identify inappropriate, unwanted, NSFW, or offensive user-generated content
Malware protectionAutomatically detect infected or malicious files to protect your users
HIPAA workflowsHIPAA is US legislation providing data privacy and security provisions for safeguarding electronic protected health information (ePHI)