Understanding Personal Data in Business

What is personal data?

• Information about a company's profits

• Information that can identify a person

• Information about the weather

• Information about a country's population

Which of the following is an example of personal data?

• A list of countries

• A person's home address

• A company's annual revenue

• A city's population

Why is it important for businesses to handle personal data carefully?

• To increase their profits

• To comply with legal requirements and protect privacy

• To make more friends

• To improve their marketing strategies

What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)?

• A set of rules for cooking

• A regulation for protecting personal data in the EU

• A guide for building houses

• A law about traffic rules

Which of the following is NOT considered personal data?

• A person's email address

• A person's favourite colour

• A person's national insurance number

• A person's shoe size

What should a business do if they experience a data breach?

• Ignore it

• Inform the affected individuals and authorities

• Delete all their data

• Sell the data to another company

What is data encryption?

• A method of cooking

• A way to make data unreadable to unauthorised users

• A type of dance

• A way to increase data size

Which of the following is a good practice for protecting personal data?

• Sharing passwords with friends

• Using strong, unique passwords

• Writing passwords on sticky notes

• Using the same password for all accounts

What is the purpose of a privacy policy?

• To entertain customers

• To inform users how their data will be used and protected

• To confuse users

• To increase website traffic

What is data minimisation?

• Collecting as much data as possible

• Collecting only the data necessary for a specific purpose

• Deleting all data

• Sharing data with everyone