On January 28, 2012, the United States, Canada and many other countries celebrated Data Privacy Day. This is a recognition that people, businesses and governments need to be aware of data privacy and how to protect it. Last October, the US government marked the eighth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. That event helped educate people on the importance of internet security. The two events go hand in hand.
Data Privacy Day is an annual international celebration designed to promote awareness about privacy and education about best privacy practices. It began in the US and Canada in January 2008, as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration that started in Europe in 2007. In the US, the House and Senate passed resolutions recognizing January 28 as National Data Privacy Day.
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The unofficial motto for Google is “Don’t be evil”. It’s written on its Code of Conduct page as part of its investor relations information.
Google has 7 simple areas in this code of conduct that cover serving its users, respecting employees, avoiding conflicts of interest, preserving confidentiality, protecting Google’s assets, ensuring financial integrity and obeying the law. If you read them, it sounds like the company intends not to be evil.
Google’s privacy policies and terms of service are what affect most of the users of its services and websites. On January 24, 2012, in an effort to simplify the somewhat arcane policies of numerous Google services, it issued notices to users of a pending change in its privacy policies.
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Dave Anastasi, CEO of eDocument Sciences, had a debut article in a new blog called Doc & Data Security Steward for The Imaging Channel, an online and printed resource for the print and imaging industry that brings together the leading market information, business concepts, strategies, and people in managed print.
In this blog, Dave is looking at more than just data and document security from a technical viewpoint. Implementing technology is important, but if these tools aren’t aligned with the people and processes inside an organization, nothing will work.
I can have the most sophisticated alarm system in the world, but if I forget to turn it on or close my front door, it’s useless. It’s the same in businesses. Teaching people that they must address all of these elements to develop and maintain a secure environment is very important. Security is only as good as the people using it.
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Two pieces of legislation before the United States Congress are intended, according to its supporters, to prevent Internet piracy and protect freedom and American jobs. The Protect IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are legislative responses to these threats. Unfortunately, rather than protecting intellectual property and jobs, they would in fact impose bad regulations on American businesses and censor the Internet as we know it.
The stated goal of these bills is to stop copyright infringement by foreign web sites. According to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and other groups representing the music and film industries, piracy is rampant and is negatively affecting their businesses. They claim the only way to protect American jobs and businesses is with these measures.
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