NPPI

Privacy and the confidentiality of personal information has always been an important topic. Due to exploits involving identity theft and misuse of personal information, the issue of privacy has brought about personal uneasiness, federal and state laws and complex business regulations.

Department Responsibility for Non-Public Personal Information

Departments maintaining non-public personal information (NPPI) are responsible for that information and any disclosure of it. Departments holding unnecessary NPPI should remove and properly dispose of it. Departments should actively scan for identification of NPPI on servers, desktops and laptops to assure that no NPPI remains unidentified, inviting a breach or compromise.

University Memo Introducing Identity Theft Compliance Policy

Memo outlines assistance and provides links in the prevention and detection of identity theft.

University Memo: Protection of Personal Information

Dear Colleagues,

Each year we issue a reminder regarding the need to protect personal
confidential information to which we have been granted access in order
to fulfill the requirements of our job functions. The protection of
this information, also known as "Non-Public Personal Information"
(NPPI), is mandated by federal and state law, as well as Rutgers policy
(e.g., Rutgers Policy 50.3.9, http://policies.rutgers.edu).

All units and staff members that create, store, or transmit such
information are required to do so in a manner which protects NPPI.

What is NPPI?

Non-public Personal Information is any data or information considered to be personal in nature and not subject to public availability.

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