Privacy and Protection of Personal Data is Your Responsibility

Protection of Private and Personal Data is Everyone's ResponsibilityA recent audit by the office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that a certain big box store has not been properly removing customer data from returned laptops and storage devices before reselling them.  CBC News reports that Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddard said these findings are 'particularly disappointing' given that her office has investigated previous complaints involving returned storage devices in 2004 and 2008, and Staples Business Depot had committed to corrective action at that time.

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Epsilon Data Breach & Your Personal Information

Data Breach Exposes Your Personal InformationEpsilon.  You've heard the name, but will you be affected by what some are calling the biggest hack in history?  The answer, most likely, is yes.

As the Vancouver Sun reported on April 4th, a breach at email marketing firm Epsilon has exposed millions of names and email addresses to... well, that's the problem, isn't it?  No one knows. 

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Access, Costs, Risks and Productivity

Records Management Has Four Main IssuesBusinesses in Vernon, Kamloops, Kelowna or Penticton have record management problems that are identical to other businesses across North America. Records management consultant Randy Kahn writes that, "the core belief driving responsible information management is that information will be properly managed, secured, classified and stored to augment retrieval when needed for business or legal purposes." He explains that the four main records retention issues facing businesses are access, cost, risks and productivity.

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