Detecting an attempted access of personal information on client computing devices

A method comprising:

• identifying, by a policy management module on a client computer or a server, one or more network-enabled locations for storing data;
• identifying, by the policy management module, data stored at the one or more locations for storing data;
• determining, by the policy management module, that a subset of the identified data contains personal data relating to an identifiable individual;
• creating, by the policy management module, a policy based on the determined subset of the identified data stored at the one or more locations;
• applying, by the policy management module, the created personal data policy to the client computer;
• monitoring, by the policy management module, only the determined subset of the identified data at the one or more network-enabled locations where the subset is stored based on the personal data policy applied to the client computer;
• detecting, by the policy management module, an attempted access of the subset of the identified data in violation of the created policy;
• and
• generating, by the policy management module, an alert indicating the attempt to access the subset of the identified data in violation of the created policy.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of instructions, which, when executed by a processor of a client computer or a server, cause the processor to:

• identify data stored at one or more network-enabled locations on the client computer;
• determine that a subset of the identified data is personal data representing data relating to an identifiable individual;
• create a policy based on the determined subset of the identified data stored at the one or more locations;
• apply the created policy to monitor only the subset of the identified data at the one or more network-enabled locations where the subset is stored;
• detect an attempted access of the subset of identified data in violation of the created policy;
• and
• generate an alert indicating the attempt to access the subset of identified data in violation of the created policy.

A system, comprising at least one processor and memory and instructions that when executed cause the at least one processor to:

• identify data stored at one or more network-enabled locations on a client computer;
• determine that a subset of the identified data is personal data representing data relating to an identifiable individual;
• create a policy based on the determined subset of the identified data stored at the one or more locations;
• apply the created policy to monitor only the subset of the identified data at the one or more network-enabled locations where the subset is stored;
• detect an attempted access of the subset of identified data in violation of the created policy;
• and
• generate an alert indicating the attempt to access the subset of identified data in violation of the created policy.