When faxing sensitive information, you should:
- Call the other party to let them know that a sensitive fax is coming in
- Place a cover sheet on the fax
- Include that there is sensitive information being transmitted on the cover sheet
- Confirm that the fax was picked up by the other party
- Follow any privacy or sensitive information laws for your jurisdiction.
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When sending senstivie information with a fax machine you should:
- let the receiving party know they have a sensitive fax coming
- use a cover sheet that marks the information as senstive
- confirm with the receiving party that the fax was received
When sending sensitive information over fax, it is best for the sender to mark the cover page as confidential, as well as call the receiving party to ensure that it is instantly picked up from the receiving fax machine.
To ensure that the transmission of the fax is documented, the sender should also use a confirmaiton page to show that their fax was successfully received by the other machine.
When using a fax machine to send sensitive information, you should contact the recipient to confirm receipt. Also, you could add a cover page marked "Confidential."
Mark confidential on the fax and have the person at the other end be ready at their fax to receive the transmission.
Use a cover page marked confidential and call ahead to the person receiving the document to make sure they will be at the fax machine when it arrives.