Because there is a constant stream of stories (and probably will be for a long time) about the theft of personal data on the internet, now is a good time to inform your parishioners about how your parish is a good steward of the information they share with you. In bulletin and perhaps pulpit announcements, remind them that you don’t collect social security numbers and that you don’t electronically store any credit card data on parish computers.
Also, let parishioners know how you handle paper data – that it is kept under lock and key with very limited access and that when no longer needed it is cross-cut shredded.
Tell them how you safeguard the electronic data that you do keep – that individual parish staff only have access to the data they need for their particular ministry.
Finally, reassure them that the parish does keep on top of the recommended changes for handling data as received from the Archdiocese and your IT experts.
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