JENSEN BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CSR Professional Services, Inc. (CSR), the leading innovator in data life cycle management, announced today the addition of consumer notification services to its patented, award-winning CSR Breach Reporting ToolKit® service. This addition provides resellers with a complete program that notifies both authorities and consumers of data breach incidents on behalf of their business customers.
When loss of personally identifiable information (PII) is suspected, customers call CSR privacy professionals, certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (CIPPs). These experts collect and review incident details, applicable laws and rules, to determine reports that must be filed with authorities as well as consumer notification that must, by law, be sent to affected individuals. Reports are then filed as warranted.
Effective immediately, CSR’s in-house team of privacy experts who developed BRT and support CSR services will now craft, customize and provide notices to consumers of possible exposure of their PII data, as required, helping businesses meet requirements that are too complicated to successfully complete on their own.
Central to the CSR breach reporting process is their in-house approach. The CSR team provides fully integrated procedures that address the extensive range of various legal requirements to inform authorities and/or consumers.
Timing is crucial to avoid further severe penalties. All breaches, large or small, are mandated by various state, federal, and international laws to file reports to authorities and other entities in a timely fashion. Many of these laws also require that consumers receive notification as well – also within specific, and often different, time frames. Failure to report to authorities, or to notify consumers, can lead to devastating consequences beyond reputational damage, including fines, lawsuits, imprisonment or potential business closure.
Resellers partner with CSR to provide data breach services to their business customers to comply with these stringent stipulations. Determining which authorities need reports regarding what types of data is nearly impossible for the average business. Pressure to meet requirements with deadlines that might be immediate or within 24-72 hours compounds the problem.
Social Security numbers, birthdates, health, credit card, bank and financial information are just some of the different types of data addressed in laws, regulations and rules by as many as 300 U.S. entities, including the FBI, U.S. Secret Service and almost every state attorney general, among many others. Laws continue to change and the list of types of data that must be protected keeps expanding.
Business records management, payment processors, alarm and security industry, financial institutions, and other value-add resellers, franchisors and other associations interested in offering any of the CSR programs or consulting services to their members can email sales@csrps.com or call 1-888-294-6971 x157 for more information.
About CSR Professional Services, Inc. (CSR)
CSR provides resellers with cutting-edge data life cycle management solutions and expert business services used by hundreds of thousands of business customers around the world. We enable compliance with Personally identifiable information requirements while facilitating best practices to reduce the business risk and financial liability associated with the acquisition, handling, storage, sharing and disposal of data. A member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), European Privacy Association, PRISM, Data Protection Association, Electronic Transactions Association, Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals (HTFP) Association, and National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA), CSR is a privately held corporation headquartered in Jensen Beach, Fla. To learn more, call 888-294-6971 or visit www.csrps.com.
