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By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 4 Minutes Read December 6, 2017

Privacy Commissioner of Canada creates draft guidance document outlining inappropriate data practices and no-go zones

On September 28, 2017, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada created a draft guidance document providing clarification on inappropriate data practices, specifically focusing on subsection 5(3) of the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This provision is entitled, “Appropriate purposes”, and states that, “an organization may collect, use or disclose personal information only for purposes that a reasonable person would consider are appropriate in the circumstances”.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / access to personal information, Data, disclosure, electronic devices, employment law, no-go zones, personal information, Personal Information and Protection of Electronic Data Act, PIPEDA, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, social media

By Deveen Hunter | 5 Minutes Read February 6, 2017

HR and IT: An uneasy alliance

HR is being called on to focus primarily on strategic goals and to add increasing value to organizations. The other field that has become an integral part of business is technology. It is therefore not surprising that in HRs effort to become increasingly relevant, IT is being leveraged in the execution of the HR function in an increasing number of ways. This e–HR revolution has taken many forms, from applicant tracking systems, to machine learning in recruitment and selection to software driven onboarding and employee HR support. The consequence of this is that more and more HR activities are being executed electronically—by a computer instead of by a person.

Article by Deveen Hunter / Employee Relations, Human Rights, Privacy / Data, data interpretation, employment law, e–HR, e–HR revolution, HR, HR management, HR practitioners, IT and HR, PIPEDA, privacy, Protection and Electronic Documents Act, social media, technoethics

By PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics | 5 Minutes Read November 30, 2016

The power of data visualization

With so much HR and Talent data at our disposal, its critical that we come up with ways to distill the volume into manageable and meaningful chunks of information. A key way to do this is via data visualization. It seems common sense, but why then do we still attend or present at meetings with slides consisting of rows and columns of numbers, or text–heavy slides with a crude chart or two as illustration of the points? Why do annual reports favour flat data, charts and lists, and heavy text explanations?

Article by PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics / Employee Relations / Data, data and analytics, data visualization, employment law, HR data, Talent data

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