Sensitive Data Protection
What is Sensitive Data?
All information that revel personal information about an individual such as address,name,phone among others is consider sensitive.Also information about a business like figures and other details is considered sensitive data.
Why Is important to Protec Sensitive Information
Printed information and digital data can be use to impersonate an individual and commit crimes, that is why all sensitive information must be protected.
The new regime will increase the maximum penalties for misuse of personal information by entities covered by the Privacy Act, from $2.1 million for serious or repeated breaches to the greatest of:
$10 million
three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse of information
10% of a company’s annual domestic turnover
$10 million
three times the value of any benefit obtained through the misuse of information
10% of a company’s annual domestic turnover
how to protect sensitive data
When documents and digital information are available for use, the information’s owner must control the access to that information, that is known as Authorized level.
Any activity such as edition must be done with the right authorization, and the records must be safe all the time.
When is time to dispose the information or a device(for digital information) the securely destruction of the records must be guaranteed.
The Follow Privacy & Confidentiality act covers all small business that works trading Personal Data, handle personal information, or is in under the Privacy Regulation 2013.
As a Consequence The Privacy Act must be followed by any business in the next categories:
- Health Services
- commercialize personal information
- any contractor under a Commonwealth contract
- an operator of a residential tenancy database
- a credit reporting body or credit provider
- employee unions registered or recognized under the Fair Work
- protection action ballots
- a business prescribed by the Privacy Regulation 2013
If your business is not under those categories:
- Has your small business had an annual turnover of more than $3,000,000? If So Your business must accomplish with the privacy regulation.
- If your business is not under those categories, and the Net income doesn’t overpass $3.000.000 then you not need to follow the Privacy Act. However, you can opt to volunteer to follow the Privacy Act. Many small businesses that opt into the Privacy Act could experience a number of benefits, including increased consumer confidence and trust in their operations.
Our Guarantees
Secure Transit
Secure Destruction Process
Certificate of Destruction is Provided at not cost
Secura Bags provides a confidential shredding services and secure document shredding for ALL types of documents, with the highest standard national wide.Old documents can be a waste of space and a high risk as they contain sensitive information related to your business. Secura Bags provides a unique service, removing the danger of losing sensitive information through our easy and fast service.
- All drivers are police checked Australia Wide
- Records are transported in totally enclosed and lockable vehicles
- All Vehicles are tracked by GPS all the time
- Cross Axis Shredding is done once the documents arrive
- shredded paper is recycled.
Secura Bags
Unit 5/33 Phillips Road, Kogarah
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a week ago
Such an easy to use system. Have been using Secura Bags for 6 years. Extremely happy with the service and have confidence of the destruction of bags.
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2 weeks ago
Very easy way to recycle sensitive documents. Ordered on line, received the secubags in the mail and they were picked up when I was completed by a friendly staff member. No time frame. Have used again in the past and will use in the future. … More Great company to deal with.
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a month ago
Easy to order and bags delivered promptly. Getting bags picked up for disposal just as quick. A great service i will use again and highly recommend
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2 weeks ago
Great service, on-time and efficient.
Two Secura Bags ony $89Inc GST, each secure bag fills up to 30kg of documents to shred, 32Kg in total, only $2.7 perKg
