Although statistics vary, in 2015 there were approximately 3930 incidents involving data loss and, according to one watchdog group, those incidents impacted over 736 million consumer records. Many of those data security breaches involved nationwide restaurant chains. According to one study, the Food and Beverage industry was the victim of 10% of all security compromises and data breaches in 2015, ranking third behind Retail and Hospitality. This handbook provides a basic framework to assist in-house legal departments with handling a security incident keeping the industry in mind.