If you were to get involved with a company today you might want to make sure they have a good plan to protect your non-public information. What I mean is the company you consider working for should have an Security Information Officer who has constructed and oversees a written policy to protect the non public information of it's employee and customers.

Data breach is becoming more prevalent not just in big companies like what we've heard on the news. It's happening in small companies as well. The problem is that most small companies don't have a clue that they are targets. Just think about it for a moment. Does your company have your drivers license information? What about your social security number? If you have insurance, do they have access to your medical identification? If you had a background check, do they have a copy of your criminal identification or your credit information?

Most people only think of identity in terms of their credit history. There are actually 5 areas of identity as I just mentioned above. Most companies have various forms of our identity on file. Did you know it's there responsibility to make sure it's protected? Even if you did, do you know if it is being protected?

Have you heard of an Affirmative Defense Response System? Does your company have one in place? "The Federal Trade Commission published a booklet "Protecting Personal Information: A Guide For Your Business" providing the steps to protect your business. These steps may be costly to your business to add protection but it will be financially devastating if you are caught without having a plan in place. Fines range from $1000 to $1,000,000 and jail time for corporate executives."

Something is definitely up and businesses have to do something about it. If your employer has put a plan in place to protect your personal information, you are in good shape. If they haven't, you might want to ask them what they plan on doing to protect your non public information. If they don't do anything, you can still protect yourself by subscribing to an identity theft plan.

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