Protecting Personal Business Information

The term “personal business” is used to refer to the activities or tasks the individual or company manages on themselves, such as managing finances, completing household chores or maintaining appointments. It could also be a reference to setting up and running an individual business based on your interests, skills and experiences as a sole proprietor or an individual.

Although privacy laws for data vary across countries and states but they generally have the same definitions of what is considered personal information. The CCPA and Connecticut’s law, for example, describe personal data as any information that is linked or linked to an identifiable individual, except for de-identified data or publically available information. Additionally the CCPA includes a category of sensitive personal data that needs to be protected more than other types of data.

It is important to understand how much data is stored within your company and where it’s stored. The best method to accomplish this is to conduct a full inventory of all documents, files and folders as well as storage devices. This should include all file cabinets, desktops, mobile devices, laptops flash drives, disks, and digital copiers. Also, don’t forget to be aware of places where sensitive information could be stored outside of your office, such as the homes of employees, their work-from-home computers and other devices.

PII that is sensitive needs to be protected both during transit as well as www.bizinfoportal.co.uk/2021/04/15/identifying-the-business-finance-function-you-may-have/ at rest and only kept as long as it is necessary to conduct business. This includes biometric information, medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), unique identifiers like passports and Social Security numbers and employee personnel records.