During a quarterly internal audit, the newly appointed Chief Privacy Officer discovers that the organization's asset register does not distinguish between publicly available information and data that could cause harm if exposed. She instructs each department to tag its records according to a new classification scheme. Which type of information should the team classify as sensitive rather than public or internal?
Company-wide announcements accessible to all employees.
Data about the organization's history that is already published.
Employee salary information that is handled with confidentiality measures.
Sensitive assets require stricter handling because unauthorized disclosure could adversely affect individuals or the organization. Employee salary records contain personal financial details that, if exposed, could lead to workplace disputes, privacy violations, or even identity-theft risk. Company announcements, marketing collateral, and already published historical data are intended for broad distribution and therefore do not warrant the sensitive label.
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