In case you’ve not paid attention to the news in the past week, there has been a barrage of stories (over 1500 turned up in a quick online search) about organizations asking job applicants and employees for their Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and other social networking passwords. It’s a hot topic folks! I’ve listed a bunch of them at the end of this post. Compelled password disclosure is a very bad idea for organizations to do for many reasons. Here are six that should be compelling to business management: (more…)
Archive for the ‘Social Media’ Category
6 Good Reasons NOT To Ask For Facebook Passwords
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Tags: employee privacy, employment practice, facebook, IBM, LinkedIn, midmarket, password, policies, privacy, privacy professor, privacyprof, Rebecca Herold, security, social media, social network, twitter, YouTube
Posted in privacy, Social Media | 2 Comments »
Physician Learns A Hard PHI Lesson
Tuesday, April 19th, 2011News broke yesterday about a physician in Rhode Island, at the Westerly Hospital, who was sanctioned for posting protected health information (PHI) on her Facebook page: (more…)
Tags: awareness, facebook, HIPAA, HITECH, patient information, PHI, policies, privacy, procedures, Rebecca Herold, Rhode Island, security, social media, Than, training, Westerly Hospital
Posted in BA, CE, healthcare, HIPAA, privacy, Privacy and Compliance, Social Media | 1 Comment »
A Conversation About Privacy On the Internet with Rafal Los
Saturday, February 12th, 2011I recently engaged in an interesting discussion with Rafal Los about the erosion of privacy as it relates to the Internet in general, and social media sites specifically. I think my readers will some useful points and insights within our conversation; especially considering the often perceived adversarial relationship between anonymity and privacy. I welcome your feedback!
So here we go… (more…)
Tags: anonymity, Digital, EULA, facebook, Identity, internet, privacy, privacy professor, rafal los, Rebecca Herold, social media
Posted in Miscellaneous, privacy, Social Media, Training & awareness | 1 Comment »
2011 Information Security, Privacy and Compliance Soothsaying
Monday, December 20th, 2010Looking ahead to what will happen in the coming year is always an interesting exercise. Just like within a great novel, foreshadowing occurs every day in our lives to drop the hints of things that are likely to come. The trick is to separate out the valuable hints from the extraneous breadcrumbs that are dropped by dozens of other inconsequential sources that mislead us and cause us to fail in our predictions. We shall see at the end of the year how close I am with the following predictions… (more…)
Tags: compliance, GLBA, HIPAA, HITECH, Information Security, meaningful use, PIA, privacy, privacy impact assessment, privacy training, risk assessments, security training, smar meter, Smart Grid
Posted in GLBA, Information Security, Laws & Regulations, privacy, Privacy and Compliance, Social Media, Training & awareness | 2 Comments »
3 Privacy Mistakes For Social Media And Marketing
Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010I love marketing and sales folks. Our businesses would be lost (well, at least have less revenues) without them! I’ve worked with many different sales and marketing folks throughout the past couple of decades, and I appreciate their enthusiasm and creativity to find ways in which they can help their organizations make more revenue. (more…)
Tags: consent, facebook, laws, marketing, Opt-in, privacy, Rebecca Herold, sales, social media, spam
Posted in Marketing, privacy, Social Media | 1 Comment »
