New privacy guidelines offer help and warnings about storing sensitive information over the Internet
As personal information becomes more and more accessible across the web, governments are stepping in to caution searchers and those who search
Thieves are going online in greater numbers and using social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to gather more information about their targets
By comparing your business practices with privacy laws, you may be able to use the web in limited ways to research people
Financial advisors using social media or Internet search websites to conduct background checks on job candidates or clients could be violating privacy laws. However, the privacy commissioners’ offices in British Columbia and Alberta recently released guidelines on this issue for businesses in their provinces. Guidelines for Social Media Background Checks were released in October 2011 […]
Using social media for background checks in a business context can violate privacy legislation
Breach of unencrypted material occurred in 2006, but was not reported to privacy commissioner
Courts are grappling with new privacy issues relating to when and how employees use their employers’ computers
An appeal court has ruled that banks and other organizations must step carefully when asked for confidential financial documents, including requests by advisors
