Data Protection

Data Protection Policy - July 2025
Meridian is dedicated to safeguarding the privacy and security of personal data. This policy ensures adherence to relevant federal and international data pr...
Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Data Protection Guidance - July 2025
This Data Protection Guidance is designed to give employees who handle data an understanding of the legal requirements and procedures Meridian must follow t...
Mon, 28 Jul, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Introduction to Data Protection Regulations / Guidance
The Data Protection Regulations training starts at 1 minutes, 18 seconds mark (00:01:18).   The Data Protection Guidance training starts at 1 hour,...
Mon, 13 Jul, 2020 at 10:01 AM
Data Protection Terminology
Asset Is a digital or physical solution through which Meridian processes data (e.g. software, applications, physical filing systems).    Assessme...
Wed, 8 Jul, 2020 at 9:11 AM
Personal Data Categories
Data Type Data Elements Required Data Protection Security Special Category Data includes legally protected data that reveals a data subject'...
Thu, 27 Aug, 2020 at 10:12 AM
Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Privacy Impact Assessment helps IT identifies the types of data security risks that our organization could be exposed to through websites, third party so...
Thu, 29 Sep, 2022 at 3:48 PM
Encrypting E-mail Messages with Confidential or Personal Information
Office 365 Encryption gives the user the ability to share confidential and personal information by encrypting email messages and preventing others from forw...
Mon, 13 Jul, 2020 at 10:06 AM
How to Tag Outlook E-mails with Retention Policies?
Use Assign Policy in Outlook to tag e-mails or folders with special category or sensitive PII data for retention. Once the retention deadline is reached, th...
Wed, 8 Jul, 2020 at 6:58 PM
How to Password Protect Office and PDF Files?
Disclaimer: Before password protecting files, be sure to first discuss password system with your supervisor. Each department may have its own system to trac...
Thu, 9 Jul, 2020 at 8:43 AM
How to Tag Electronic Documents in SharePoint?
All SharePoint libraries should have access to Data Protection tagging columns titled Data Subject and Data Type.  See image below.  Please use these...
Thu, 9 Jul, 2020 at 6:43 AM