Certified Information Privacy Professional – Canada (CIPP/C) — Question 23

A company wants to invest in DEI initiatives within their organization and plans to survey employees by asking for locality, age, salary, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, physical/mental disabilities, department, and job level.
The best solution to protect the personal information collected in the survey is to?

Answer options

• A. Use a pseudonym to identify employees.
• B. Choose a survey tool located in Canada.
• C. Encrypt the sensitive information collected and stored.
• D. Adjust all survey questions so that no identifying information can be collected.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is D because adjusting survey questions to avoid collecting identifying information is the most effective way to prevent data privacy issues. Options A, B, and C do not adequately eliminate the risk of exposing personal information, as pseudonyms, location of the survey tool, and encryption still involve handling sensitive data.