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privacy and risk management

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read May 31, 2012

Yahoo finds out the hard way that risk management measures take time now, save time and money later

Hiring even the lowest-level employee can be tricky, and hiring the wrong person is bound to cause trouble. So imagine the potential problems that a board of directors must avoid when hiring a new chief executive officer. What does the company want from a CEO? Does the candidate have the right skills, connections and personality to fit the job and the company? Does the applicant's education meet the needs of the company?

Article by Adam Gorley / Business / background check, board of directors, business ethics, CEO, conditional offer, Due diligence, employment contract, false credentials, hiring, hiring committee, internal investigation, investigation committee, Policy and procedure, privacy and risk management, reference checking, resignation, résumé, risk management, Scott Thompson, shareholders

By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read February 10, 2011

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.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Privacy / Bill C-29, collecting data, data storage, FAPP, Finance and Accounting PolicyPro, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, PIPEDA, privacy and risk management, Privacy Commissioner, privacy legislation, recycling, Safeguarding Canadians' Personal Information Act, security breaches, security gaps

By Colin Braithwaite | < 1 Minute Read July 8, 2010

Facebook faces privacy questions… again

Over the past couple of years, Facebook has had run-ins with the Canadian Privacy Commissioner. And Canada's not alone; privacy watchdogs in the United States and around the world have been critical of Facebook's willingness to sacrifice users' personal data in the name of social media...

Article by Colin Braithwaite / Business, Privacy / facebook, privacy, privacy and risk management, privacy by design, Privacy Commissioner, privacy rights, social media, social networking, twitter

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