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Over-Retention of Personal Data

Data Protection Report

If a consumer called the insurer, the script used by the call center did not inform the consumer that additional information regarding the insurer’s privacy policy, retention, and how to exercise rights was available at the insurer’s website or through a recording that the consumer could opt to hear.

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Commonly Overlooked Data That Should be Destroyed

Armstrong Archives

In addition to reducing the sheer number of physical files that must be stored as well as the associated costs, routinely destroying documents reduces a company’s risk of liability from a privacy breach. When it comes to personal records, the law requires companies to destroy documents in a number of situations.

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Ways to Overhaul Your Records Management Programme in 2019

Archive Document Data Storage

Every record should have a defined retention period; some files need to be retained for only a few years, while others should be permanently archived. Records management policy implementation. Records management and privacy protection go hand in hand. Records management and privacy protection go hand in hand.