Protecting Personal Business Information

The term personal business refers to the activities or tasks individuals or companies manage on their own, for example, managing finances, managing household chores, or keeping appointments. It can also mean creating and running a business depending on one’s abilities or interests, as an individual or sole proprietor.

Although privacy laws for data differ from nation to country and state to state, they all have similar definitions for what constitutes personal data. The CCPA and Connecticut’s law for example, describe personal data as information that is linked or connected to an identifiable individual other than de-identified information or information that is publicly accessible. The CCPA also includes a category for sensitive personal information that needs more www.bizinfoportal.co.uk/2021/02/12/advantages-of-a-business-information-portal/ protection than any other form of data.

It is important to know how much data is kept in your organization and where it’s stored. This can be done by conducting a full inventory on all files, documents and storage devices. This should include file cabinets, desktops and laptops and mobile devices flash drives, disks, and digital copiers. Don’t forget to look for places where sensitive data could be stored outside of your office, like employees’ homes and work-from home computers as well as other devices.

Sensitive PII should be encrypted both in transport and at rest, and should only be kept as long as is necessary for business needs. This includes biometrics, medical data that is covered under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA), unique identification numbers such as passports or Social Security Numbers and employee records for personnel.