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Keeping Your Data Safe
6. Effective Communication
6.1 Communicate the policies and procedures which cover storing and using data in your business.
- Your employees will have to work within the guidelines you set them, so involve them in the creation of these procedures.
- Run practical workshops explaining why data security is important.
- Demonstrate how procedures should be implemented.
- Train employees in the basics of data protection law.
- If possible, make data security policies and guidelines available to all staff via the company intranet.
- Seek feedback on how well the guidelines work in practice, and review them regularly.
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