Destruction of information – do you know your obligations?
Here’s something you might want to know about: the Federal Government has introduced a law to impose stricter obligations with respect to information and security breaches.
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Take access to information requests seriously
I recently read a case coming out of the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner dealing with an access to information request. Though this was a case dealing with a public body, the principle applies to any information request: there was simply no reason to deny the disclosure of information.
Most organizations still don’t encrypt data when it leaves the office
I recently read a news release by the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner that indicated that there are still high incidences of laptops containing personal information being stolen—without having security measures such as encryption put in place. The commissioner was left scratching his head.
