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Social networking: a blessing or a curse?

Posted in General Law, IT and Data protection, Uncategorized on September 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Many employers realise that Internet usage is important in the work place. I use the Internet every day to carry out my work, often jumping from Twitter to Ecademy to Facebook.
These sites can be a double-edged sword for companies though. While they can be effective for business, they are also open to abuse by employees [...]

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You should see the email I got from Fred…

Posted in General Law, IT and Data protection on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Have you ever sent a non-work email using your business email address? It’s a safe bet that the vast majority of employees up and down the country have, and it’s a source of potential problems that small businesses need to be aware of.
Defining email ‘misuse’ isn’t easy, but it’s something every business needs to think [...]

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New Code of Practice on privacy notices

Posted in IT and Data protection, Ownership and management, tagged on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Businesses will welcome new guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on producing user-friendly privacy notices that comply with the law. Privacy notices set out how the information your organisation collects about someone – for example, because they complete a paper or online form – will be used.

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