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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read November 12, 2014

Social media – a risky business?

Whether companies choose to embrace or resist social media, it is clear from recent statistics that it is here to stay. Canadians are among the most avid users of social networks with an estimated 82 percent of people across the country active on platforms such as Facebook, Google+ and Twitter.
Globally these networks represent an unstoppable force, with an estimated 1.73 billion people (around 25 percent of the world’s population) committed social network users. It is clear from these figures that social media is big business and offers huge potential in terms of reaching new customers and building relationships with them. While the benefits are indisputable they are accompanied by a lesser explored downside – risk. The majority of responsible businesses spend significant amounts of time and money identifying and insuring against risks to their organizations, yet many do not either recognize or respond to the potential risks associated with … Continue reading “Social media – a risky business?”

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / damaging misinformation, facebook, Google, policies and procedures, risk management, risky business, social media, social networks, twitter

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | < 1 Minutes Read September 3, 2010

Employers may not be able to conduct Facebook checks on prospective employees

I just read an interesting article saying that Germany may be the first to pass a law making it illegal for prospective employers to spy on applicants' private postings on Facebook. Do you think this type of law could ever be passed in Canada?

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Employee Relations, Privacy / background checks, balance between employee rights to privacy and employer rights to know, Employee privacy rights, Employment background checks, employment law, facebook, Facebook checks on prospective employees, Germany, Monitoring, privacy, Privacy in the workplace, selection process, social media, social media activities at work, social networks, spy on employees, surveillance

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