Personal business is a term used to describe activities or tasks that are managed by a business, individual or an the individual on their own. Examples include managing finances, performing household chores, or making appointments. It could also refer to starting and running an enterprise of a small size based on your abilities, interests and experience as a sole proprietor an individual.
Although data privacy laws vary from nation to country and state to state but they all share the same definitions for what constitutes personal information. Personal data is defined in the CCPA as well as Connecticut’s law and other laws as any data that can be reasonably tied to an identifiable person other than information that is de-identified or data that is available to the public. Furthermore the CCPA includes a category of sensitive personal information that requires even greater protection than other forms of data.
It’s important to know how much data is kept in your organization and where it’s stored. The best method to accomplish this is to take an inventory of all documents, files and folders, as well storage devices. This should include all desktops, cabinets, file cabinets laptops, laptops, mobile devices, disks, flash drives and digital copiers. Also, don’t forget to be aware of places where sensitive information might be stored outside your office, including the homes of employees and work-from home computers as well as other devices.
PII that is sensitive needs to be encrypted during transport and in rest and only kept for as long as is necessary for business. This includes biometric data medical information that is protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Unique identifiers like passports or Social Security numbers and employee personnel records.
