I want to continue my look at the concept of personally identifiable information (PII), and what types of items, in particular, are considered as such…
Posts Tagged ‘personally identifiable information’
What is PII? How About Groups Of Otherwise Non-PII?
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009What is PII? How About IP Addresses?
Monday, July 13th, 2009This week I want to look at the concept of personally identifiable information (PII), and what types of items, in particular, are considered as such…
Stolen Print Documents With PII Found On Crook; Otherwise UCM Would Not Have Known The Reports Were Stolen
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009Stolen Print Documents With PII Found On Crook; Otherwise UCM Would Not Have Known The Reports Were Stolen
Wednesday, July 1st, 2009South Carolina & Alaska Privacy Breach Notice Laws Go Into Effect July 1
Monday, June 29th, 2009This week two more U.S. breach notice laws go into effect…
5 Common, Dumb and Dangerous Privacy Assumptions
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009Today Kevin Beaver posted a nice article, “Dumb things IT consultants do” that included more than one warning about making assumptions. Kevin’s nice post made me think about all the dangerous assumptions consulants and practitioners often make when it comes to evaluating privacy practices…
Rights for Privacy Breach Victims
Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009I received a provacative question on Twitter last week from idExperts, “If you had a wish list of rights for identity theft victims, what would that be?”
Sounds like a great blog topic! 🙂 Here are my thoughts…
New Guidelines for Safeguarding Personal Data
Tuesday, January 20th, 2009Happy U.S. presidential inauguration day! 🙂 Did you take off a few minutes of work to watch the inauguration? I wasn’t going to, was planning to just catch videos on the news sites or YouTube later, but then I did, and I’m glad; it was so historical and memorable!
To celebrate, how about I tell you that NIST just made a great new document available…
Business Info Fact Of The Day: Smart Business Leaders Encrypt PII
Friday, January 16th, 2009If you are a business leader you must know and understand that encrypting personally identifiable information (PII) protects that PII from being used for identity theft and other crimes should it fall into the hands of a crook. Business leaders need to know this, but unfortunately too many do not really know what encryption is, let alone how it can be used to protect PII, along with the business.
Business Info Fact Of The Day: PII Sent Through The Mail Is Often Stolen Or Lost
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009Over the years I have heard many times by my various government friends, even following too many mis-deliveries and lost packages to enumerate here, that packages and letters sent via the US postal service, and even through other delivery organizations such as UPS, FedEx and DHL, are considered as “secure” and that delivery is expected to be “guaranteed” or a “sure thing.” One time a couple of years ago an IRS employee told me curtly, “If we mailed it to you through the USPS then we can legally assume you received it.”
NOT!
