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By Occasional Contributors | 3 Minutes Read July 15, 2015

Lessons from the Saanich spyware fiasco and new privacy laws to be aware of

In our current information age, security over electronic information and protection against unauthorized access is foundational to employers’ businesses. To guard against endlessly multiplying electronic threats, employers must resort to electronic means and, understandably, often resort to broad and comprehensive software to protect their operations. However, the situation involving the District of Saanich earlier this year is a good reminder to all B.C. employers that cyber-protection cannot be used at the expense of employees’ privacy.

Article by Occasional Contributors / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / Cyber threats, cyber-protection, electronic information, Employee privacy, employee’s privacy rights, Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, investigation, Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, privacy laws, privacy violations, Saanich spyware fiasco, software to protect their businesses, unauthorized access

By Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA | 3 Minutes Read January 19, 2015

Is it really possible to control employees' use of company computers?

Policies can help you manage employees' and others' use of company IT resources, and dramatically reduce the potential risk to you and your assets.

Article by Jeffrey Sherman, MBA, FCPA, FCA / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Payroll, Privacy / acceptable use, Employee computer use, end-user, HR, Human Resources, internet access, IT policies, IT resources, IT risk, IT risk assessment, legal compliance, legal liability, malware, manage IT risks, resource capacity, risk assessment, risk management, unauthorized access

By Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor | 3 Minutes Read May 4, 2011

Strengthen personal data security; avoid the Sony experience

Customers and employees entrust their personal information to businesses on a daily basis and expect that these businesses will treat that information with the care and respect it deserves by implementing the proper safeguards to keep it safe. However, just recently...

Article by Marie-Yosie Saint-Cyr, LL.B. Managing Editor / Privacy / Alberta, British Columbia, class action lawsuit, data breaches, employment law, identity theft, law, lawsuit, Notice, ontario, personal data security, personal information, PlayStation, PlayStation Network, privacy legislation, privacy safeguards, private-sector privacy laws, protect personal information, PSN, Qriocity, Securing Personal Information, Securing Personal Information: A Self-Assessment Tool for Organizations, serious breach of the electronic security, Sony, unauthorized access

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