Tag Archives: privacy policy

Information Classification – The Link between Security and Privacy

Most of the attention focused on information security today surrounds the public data breach. Almost daily we hear a new report about hundreds or thousands of records of personal information being improperly disclosed.  In fact, it is the loss of private data that drives most of the regulatory environment designed to enforce security.  GLBA, HIPAA [...]

EU Updates Data Protection Guidelines

The European Union recently released a set of draft recommendations for a major update to the current privacy framework that underpins Directive 95/46/EC. The changes would introduce a single set of rules on data protection, valid across the EU. The proposed changed give individuals more control over their personal information and would have a significant […]

Enabling Business with Information Security and Privacy Policies

With a dramatic increase in legislation and consumer awareness of identity theft, businesses are finding that security and privacy policies are becoming an essential business tool. In some highly regulated market, it is difficult to do business at all without a sound set of policies. In this overview we discuss various ways that effective, written […]

Required Acknowledgement of Security Policy Changes

Legal precedents are beginning to dictate a new standard for the notification of policy changes to your customers and employees. In the “old days” organizations would post changes to information security policies on the corporate intranet, and perhaps even notify employees that these changes occurred via email or some other means. However, in legal actions […]