Personal business is an expression used to describe the tasks or activities that are managed by a company, a person or an an individual on their own. Examples include managing finances and household chores, or arranging appointments. It could also refer to setting up and running your own small business based upon your skills, interests and experiences as a sole proprietor individual.
Although privacy laws on data vary from country to country and state to state however, they all have the same definitions of what is considered personal information. The CCPA and Connecticut’s law for instance, define personal data as any information that is linked or reasonably linked to an identifiable individual with the exception of de-identified data or publically available information. Additionally, the CCPA contains a category of sensitive personal information that needs to be protected more than other forms of data.
It’s essential to know how much data is stored within your company and where it’s located. The best method to accomplish this is to take a full inventory of all documents, files, folders and storage devices. This includes desktops, cabinets, and laptops as well as mobile devices flash drives, disks, and digital copiers. Be sure to check locations where sensitive information may be stored outside of your office. This includes employees’ homes and their work-from-home computers.
PII that is considered sensitive should be secured both in transit and when at rest, and only kept as long as it is necessary for business purposes. This includes biometrics, medical information included in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act(HIPAA) Unique identifiers such as passports, Social Security Numbers and employee records for personnel.