Having a documented data security policy is a best practice for every organization — especially those that are subject to today’s increasingly stringent information privacy regulations. Often a part of a broader information security policy, a data security policy addresses topics such as data encryption, password protection and access control.
Here is a data policy template for access control that you can adapt to meet your organization’s specific requirements, such as the need to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy policy.