Making Privacy Best Practices Achievable
It is critical in today's business environment to implement privacy best practices. Privacy and security breaches shake consumer and employee trust in the organizations that hold their personal information. PrivaTech's mission is to support its clients in building privacy conscious environments. Choose PrivaTech to help you achieve that goal and manage your privacy risks.
Complying with Privacy Laws
With a unique blend of legal, technical and consulting expertise, PrivaTech is dedicated to developing effective privacy solutions that work for your business. PrivaTech specializes in advising organizations on compliance with privacy laws in Canada (such as PIPEDA, the Privacy Act and provincial privacy laws), the United States (such as the Gramm-Leach Bliley Act, HIPAA and breach notification laws), as well as other data protection laws around the world.
Our focus on using effective adult learning techniques to raise awareness of employee responsibilities when handling personal information, has helped numerous organizations avoid a privacy breach.
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NEWS
October 28, 2009
ID Theft Law Passed in Canada
Police and courts have more powers to fight identity theft thanks to the Canadian government's passage of identity theft legislation, reports CBC News. Justice Minister Rob Nicholson said: "This legislation will better address identity theft and provide police with the tools they need to help stop these crimes before they are committed." Bill S-4 makes it unlawful to traffic identity information, possess identity information with the intent to use it deceptively or possess or traffic government issued identity information of others, among other prohibitions. Those convicted of such offenses could face up to five years in prison and could be ordered to pay restitution to identity theft victims.
Identity theft costs Canadian consumers, banks and credit card firms, stores and other businesses an estimated $2 billion annually, according to the Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus.
Training Sign-Up
The Five Critical Steps to Avoiding a Privacy Breach. Is your business...EXPOSED? Learn how to avoid the five biggest mistakes that lead to privacy and information security breaches...
On-line Webinars: January 2010
In-person Seminars (Toronto): February 10th & April 14th, 2010
Privacy Templates CD-ROM
PrivaTech's CD-ROM of templates and tools will help you meet your privacy responsibilities. The policies and procedures contained on the CD can be easily customized, and are needed by any organization that collects personally identifiable information, regardless of size, industry or jurisdiction. Demonstrate your commitment to privacy by having the right documentation in place.
TESTIMONIAL
Common Collection Agency Inc.:
Mike Spence, National Sales Manager: "Our prospects wanted to see that we were being proactive about privacy and security. With PrivaTech's assistance, we conducted a full privacy compliance project and effectively responded to our prospects' questions about how we protect personal information. The investment in PrivaTech's services has been so worth it because privacy is a competitive advantage in our industry. We can definitely attribute some of the large contracts we have won to PrivaTech's involvement."
