The term “personal business” is used to refer to the tasks or responsibilities the individual or company manages on their own, for example, managing finances, completing household chores or maintaining appointments. It could also mean the creation and management of your own small business based upon your talents, interests and experience as a sole proprietor or an individual.\n<\/p>\n
Although privacy laws for data vary between states and countries Most have similar definitions of what is considered personal information. The CCPA and Connecticut’s law for instance, define personal data as information that is reasonably linked to an identifiable individual and is not restricted to de-identified data or information that is publicly accessible. The CCPA also contains a separate category for sensitive personal information that is more secure than other types of data.\n<\/p>\n
It’s important to understand how much data is stored within your company and where it’s located. This can be accomplished by taking a comprehensive inventory of all files, documents and storage devices. This should include all desktops, file cabinets laptops, mobile devices, laptops flash drives, disks, and digital copiers. Additionally, don’t forget to look for places where sensitive data might be stored outside your office, for example, employees’ homes computer work-from-home devices, their computers at home and other devices.\n<\/p>\n
PII that is considered to be sensitive must be secured both in transit and in rest and only stored for as long as it is required to conduct business. This includes biometrics, medical information that is covered by the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Act(HIPAA) Unique identifiers such as passports, Social Security Numbers and employee records for personnel.\n<\/p>\n