If everyone is responsible, nobody actually does the work.
Here is a scary truth. In most small businesses, when a customer's phone number leaks — everyone points at someone else. The owner says HR should handle it. HR says IT should handle it. IT says nobody told them. The law does not care who you blame. Your business gets the fine. Up to ₹250 crore. Someone must own this job. That someone must be decided today.
Think about your shop or office. Someone collects customer phone numbers. Someone stores Aadhaar copies. Someone handles salary slips and resumes. But who checks if all this is safe? If your answer is 'everyone' — that is a problem. Pick one person. Give them one clear job. That job is: keep people's information safe. Write their name down. Tell your team. This one step stops a lot of confusion later.
Write one person's name as your data safety owner today.
Tell that person what information your business collects and stores.
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