Security News > 2020 > August > 10-point plan for securing employee health data collected for COVID-19 prevention

Contact-tracing applications require employers to collect all kinds of employee health data that they never had to worry about before - temperatures, health symptoms and travel history, for example - and they aren't sure how to use and protect this data in a way that balances health and safety with privacy.

To help get you started on the right path, here is a 10-point plan for securing PII, including new employee health data collected through COVID-19 contact-tracing applications and other healthcare tracking systems.

Why are you collecting employee health data? Your answer will determine which data fields you need to collect and store.

If you need to add systems to your infrastructure for employee health data tracking, you must update your DR/BC plan accordingly.

To keep up with data hygiene, implement a process to ensure all unneeded employee health data is destroyed on an established schedule.

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