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Xero supports Data Privacy Week 2023

We recently supported Data Privacy Week 2023 (January 2228), which aims to educate businesses on best practices around data collection, and spread awareness about online privacy. As a Data Privacy Week 2023 Champion, we recognise the shared responsibility of all organisations when it comes to maintaining customers’ privacy and promoting transparency around data use.

Data Privacy Week’s three recommendations for businesses when it comes to respecting data include: conducting an assessment, adopting a privacy framework, and educating employees. However, for many small businesses around the world, these steps can be challenging if they don’t have the skills, resources or confidence to adopt them.

Since July 2021, the Xero Responsible Data Use Council has been meeting quarterly to discuss the challenges that small businesses face when it comes to data use, collection and privacy. The Council has developed a number of resources to help small businesses understand these topics and provide practical tips on how to get started.

These include a guide on how to create a data use policy, tips on controlling data privacy, a glossary of terms, four steps to data protection, and an article explaining why terms and conditions are critical to data privacy. A new video has also been released to support Data

Privacy Week 2023, about data collection minimisation. This is a key concept that underpins responsible data use.

Xero’s Responsible Data Use Commitments align with the objective of Data Privacy Week 2023 — to spread awareness about online privacy, educate communities on managing personal information, and encourage businesses to respect data and be more transparent about how they collect and use customer data.