Stored in readable form, without encryption or placeholders.
In plain text, every person and every agent with access to the file can read the detail. Credentials and personal data therefore never go into a project folder or a repository in plain text.
Example from Module 2
Patient-related details never go into a repository in plain text.
Module 2: “Protecting data: encapsulate and check”. In the Werkbank course room, with sign-in.