Which of the following ethical guidelines is best described as preventing Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, addresses, and phone numbers from getting in the wrong person’s hands?

The guideline is to respect the confidentiality of data: personal details such as Social Security numbers, bank account numbers, addresses, and phone numbers should be kept private and shared only with authorized people. Protecting system access, choice D, is about controlling who can use systems, not specifically keeping information confidential.

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