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protecting personal information

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read November 19, 2014

First international standard on cloud services and personal information protection

The International Standards Organization has released a standard for privacy aimed at cloud computing service providers.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Privacy / auditable compliance framework, Breach notification, cloud computing, confidential information, Confidentiality Agreements, consent, Data breach, data breach notification, International Standardization Organization, International Standards Organization, ISO, legal compliance, personal information, personally identifiable information, PII, PII processors, processing personal information, protecting personal information, public clouds, trust

By Adam Gorley | 2 Minutes Read July 26, 2013

BYOD: is personal information visible over corporate networks?

Employers are increasingly drafting and implementing bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies for their employees. And they should be, since employees are increasingly using their personal digital devices—phones, tablets, laptops—to perform work, both in and out of the workplace. But employees may have trouble trusting their employers to stay out of their personal information...

Article by Adam Gorley / Employee Relations, Payroll, Privacy / bring your own device, BYOD, BYOD policy, canadian employment law, collection of personal information, corporate networks, email, employee personal information, Employee privacy rights, employee trust, employment law, Information Technology PolicyPro, IT, ITPP, laptops, mobile devices, network access, Network Security, personal information, policies and procedures, portable devices, privacy, Privacy in the workplace, privacy policy, privacy rights, protecting personal information, smartphones, tablet computer

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | < 1 Minutes Read December 17, 2010

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.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Privacy / Alberta, canadian employment law, employment law, encryption, Encryption technology, identity theft, laptops, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, personal information, private sector privacy legislation, protecting personal information, security measures, stolen laptops, technology

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