Confidentiality - 1st Sem Work Immersion

Confidentiality

Keeping sensitive information private and secure, ensuring it is only accessed by authorized personnel. It's crucial to protect company secrets, employee data, and client information from unauthorized access or disclosure.

Personally Identifiable Information

Involves employee or customer personal data.

Employee information

This includes the employee's social security number, home address or telephone number, E-mail address, internet identification name or password, parent's surname prior to marriage, driver's license number, and medical and disability information.

Management information

This includes disciplinary actions, impending layoffs, terminations, and workplace investigations of employee misconduct.

Business information

This refers to information that's not generally known to the public and would not ordinarily be available to competitors by illegal or improper means.

Proprietary information and trade secrets

State the two (2) other names for confidential business information:

Sensitivity levels

Classify documents based on _____.

Physical

Use _____ security measures like locking filing cabinets or offices to secure paper documents.

Encryption

Apply technical measures such as _____ to protect digital information during transmission or storage.

Company policies

Follow _____ that outline proper handling, storage, and sharing of confidential information.

Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

Sign an _____ to legally commit employees and partners to confidentiality obligations.

Discretion

Always use _____ in conversations, avoiding discussing sensitive matters in public or unsecured areas.