Protecting Personal Business Information
Personal business is a term used to describe activities or tasks that are managed by a business, individual, or individual on their own. Examples include managing finances, performing household chores, and keeping appointments. It could also refer to setting up and running a company depending on one’s abilities, interests and experience as an individual or sole proprietor.
Although privacy laws on data vary from country to country and state to state however, they all have the same definitions of what constitutes personal data. Personal data is defined in the CCPA, Connecticut’s law, and other laws as any information that can be reasonably tied to an identifiable person other than data that is de-identified or information available publicly. In addition the CCPA provides a classification of sensitive personal information that requires a greater degree of protection than other forms of data.
It’s crucial to understand how much data is stored in your business and where it’s located. This can be done by conducting a full inventory on all documents, files and storage devices. This should include all desktops, cabinets, file cabinets laptops, laptops, mobile devices as well as flash drives, disks and digital copiers. Don’t forget to look for areas where sensitive information might be stored outside of your office. This includes the homes of employees and their computers at home that they work from.
Sensitive PII must be protected in transport and at rest, and should only be kept for the period necessary for business reasons. This includes biometric data medical information that is covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Unique identifiers like passports or Social Security numbers and employee personnel records.
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