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Privacy Ref
11 years ago

Privacy and the Cloud

Cloud computing provides an opportunity for businesses to lower costs and increase their computing infrastructure’s flexibility. When utilizing a cloud service provider for additional storage, computing power, or a full application you should look into the privacy implications as these are ...
Privacy Ref
11 years ago

Valuable functionality can cause a privacy breach

Last Friday it was revealed that reporters from Bloomberg News could retrieve information from the profiles of subscribers to Bloomberg’s data terminals as well as the subscribers’ system usage (NYT article here). While I agree with the characterization of this incident as a “mi...
Privacy Ref
11 years ago

Emerging technology, privacy, and your business

Google Glass has sparked a wide ranging discussion about the product’s potential  impact on privacy. The conversations I have seen have mostly focused on the impact to the existence of privacy in our technology-dependent world, but I have seen only limited discussion on the impact to a busi...
Privacy Ref
12 years ago

Don’t be too quick to publish a privacy notice

Having a privacy notice for customers to review is an essential part of any privacy program. When Delta Airlines added a privacy notice to their mobile app, “Fly Delta”,  to comply with California law, the policy did not reflect reality. When creating a privacy notice you need to say ...
Privacy Ref
12 years ago

Setting Expectations Through a Privacy Notice

Customers and employees don’t want to be surprised by how your organization uses and protects their personal information. A simple way to avoid surprise is to create a privacy notice that lays out, in easy to understand language, your organization’s approach to privacy.
Privacy Ref
12 years ago

“And you’re sharing my fingerprints with….?”

It is not unusual for me to make assumptions about how my personal information will be treated based on my past experiences. With technology changing as quickly as it does this is probably a mistake. Reviewing a privacy policy or looking for a notice when new technology is introduced is a good id...