* Provide cross-cut paper shredders at each workstation or cash register area or uses a locked wastebasket and shredding company for the disposal of credit card slips, unwanted applications or documents, sensitive data or prescription forms.
* Use an alternate number instead of Social Security Numbers (SSN) for employee, client and customer ID numbers.
* Encrypt or password protect all sensitive data stored on computers and allow access only on a "need-to-know" basis.
* Notify consumers and employees in advance as to the purposes of the data collection, to whom it will be distributed and the subsequent use after the fulfillment of the original purpose.
* Keep sensitive information of consumers or employees on any item (timecards, badges, work schedules, licenses) out of view in public areas. That may include home addresses or phone numbers, SSN and driver's license numbers.