Information Technology
NOTICE
Keep Personal and Corporate Data Secure
Do you know where your sensitive data is? This includes
personal information about our customers and employees
and confidential business data about the Postal ServiceTM,
our partners, and suppliers.
Many of us carry sensitive data on our laptops, flash
drives, CDs, and DVDs - and paper too. The loss or theft
of such information could put a person's identity at risk or
put business information in the wrong hands.
Do your part to prevent the theft of sensitive data. Information Technology and the Chief Privacy Officer have tips
for every employee to make sure it doesn't happen.
Do not collect sensitive data unless you have a need for
it in your job, and use it only for its intended purpose. Avoid
storing sensitive data if you don't need to, especially on laptops and removable media like CDs or memory sticks.
Don't take sensitive materials with you unless you're
authorized to do so. Keep hard copies of sensitive data
under lock and key - shred them when you're finished with
them.
Always lock your workstation when you step away, even
for only a few minutes. It's easy to do - press the Windows
function key and "L" at the same time. If you use a laptop,
always keep it in a secure place and use a cable lock.
It's every employee's responsibility to keep our personal
and corporate data secured against theft, loss, and malicious use. Violations can result in personal liability and
management investigations.
Questions? E-mail uspsemployees@usps.gov for more
information.
— Privacy Office,
Information Technology, 6-8-06
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