Privacy is a hot topic, and alarming revelations about identity theft and data breaches seem to happen daily. As organizations work to keep Personal Data and Personally Identifiable Information (PII) safe and secure, it becomes more and more apparent that everyone has a role to play in protecting data privacy. The important thing to remember is PII is defined as social security number (SSN), passport number, driver’s license number, taxpayer identification number, patient identification number, financial account number, or credit...
You should have policies and procedures in place to classify the information you collect and store, and how to protect consumer information. All sensitive information entered into your production system should be encrypted when saved. And emails you send that contain sensitive inf0rmation should be encrypted before they are sent.