You are asking for a lot of personal information (e.g., names and Social Security numbers). What is the Employment Security Department doing to make sure the information I provide is kept safe?
A. The department is committed to keeping your information secure and has several measures in place to ensure that it is safe. • Information is stored in the department’s secure data systems, and access to those systems is limited to people who need the information to do their jobs, such as tax auditors and people who process unemployment claims. These are the same systems that store the names, Social Security numbers, number of hours worked and amount earned for all workers in the state. • When we receive your information, we store the forms in a secure room until the information is entered into our computer systems. Then, we shred the paper forms. If we need to print information at a later date, those copies also will be shredded. • The laptops that agency staff use when out in the field are password-protected and encrypted. If someone stole one of these computers, he or she would not be able to access any of the information on that computer or use it to get into the agency’s data sy
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