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By Adam Gorley | 3 Minutes Read September 29, 2014

Business guidelines on how to destroy personal information

Organizations collect more and more personal data these days—from customers and employees. With all of this new data in their hands, organizations may be tempted to hold onto it without an express purpose, or they may be unsure what to do with it once it has served its original purpose.

Article by Adam Gorley / Business, Finance and Accounting, Information Technology, Not for Profit, Privacy / best practices, collecting personal information, collection use and disclosure, customer information, destroying personal information, disclosing personal information, disposing of personal information, employee information, how to dispose of personal information, legal compliance, legitimate purpose, oipc, personal information, Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, personally identifiable information, PII, PIPEDA, retention period, third party contractor, using personal information

By Adam Gorley | 5 Minutes Read June 25, 2012

Three Facebook legal challenges businesses should know about

Over the brief period of Facebook's existence, the company's practices have provided a rich source of knowledge for businesses and other organizations that collect and use customers' information, operate online or generally fall under the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) or other privacy legislation.

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