HR · Free course
Employee Privacy & Confidentiality
How to handle confidential and personal information the right way: what counts as confidential, the everyday habits that keep data safe (need-to-know, secure…
What you’ll learn
By the end of this course.
Identify what information is confidential and why
Apply the need-to-know principle
Handle, store, and dispose of data securely
Recognize social engineering and phishing
Protect medical and personnel information
Respond correctly when a breach is suspected
References & standards
Grounded in the source material.
- FTC — Protecting personal information: a guide for business
- EEOC — Confidentiality of medical information (ADA)
- NLRB — Right to discuss wages/working conditions
- CISA — Avoiding social engineering & phishing
This is awareness training. It supports your program; it is not a substitute for site-specific procedures or hands-on competency where a standard requires it.
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