On November 18 President Bush signed Executive Order 13478; see how/if it impacts your organization and how you use social security numbers (SSNs), and how it will impact how you require SSNs. And now you personall should NOT need to provide SSNs as often…
Posts Tagged ‘social security numbers’
Federal Agency SSN Use Mandate Has Been Removed!
Sunday, November 30th, 2008Tags:awareness and training, Executive Order 13478, Information Security, IT compliance, IT training, policies and procedures, privacy training, risk management, security training, social security numbers, SSN
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Iowa Land Records Association Posts SSNs…Including The Governor’s…On Their Internet Site
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Okay, here’s another example of a ridiculously dumb privacy breach that occurred, in Iowa this time, through a government agency posting information on the Internet…
Tags:awareness and training, Chet Culver, cybercrime, Des Moines Register, Information Security, Iowa, IowaLandRecords.org, IT compliance, IT training, Michael Mauro, PII, policies and procedures, privacy training, risk management, security training, social security numbers, SSNs
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Personnel Privacy, New I-9 Forms, Removal of SSN Requirements and IT Involvement
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Early this year I did a data flow analysis for I-9 compliance, and I blogged a few months ago about I-9 related issues in “New Tennessee Law Prohibits Using Federal Individual Taxpayer ID as Proof of Immigration Status.”
I-9 compliance issues impact many areas of an organization. However, within most organizations many areas, such as IT and information security, are not aware of the I-9 compliance issues and unknowingly put the company at noncompliance jeopardy. Compliance with any law or regulation that involves personally identifiable information (PII) usually require the involvement of legal, IT and information security areas.
Tags:awareness and training, DHS, employment issues, I-9 forms, Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Information Security, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training, social security numbers, SSN, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Personnel Privacy, New I-9 Forms, Removal of SSN Requirements and IT Involvement
Sunday, November 18th, 2007Early this year I did a data flow analysis for I-9 compliance, and I blogged a few months ago about I-9 related issues in “New Tennessee Law Prohibits Using Federal Individual Taxpayer ID as Proof of Immigration Status.”
I-9 compliance issues impact many areas of an organization. However, within most organizations many areas, such as IT and information security, are not aware of the I-9 compliance issues and unknowingly put the company at noncompliance jeopardy. Compliance with any law or regulation that involves personally identifiable information (PII) usually require the involvement of legal, IT and information security areas.
Tags:awareness and training, DHS, employment issues, I-9 forms, Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, Information Security, IT compliance, policies and procedures, privacy, risk management, security risk, security training, social security numbers, SSN, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
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Identity Theft Example: It’s Not All About Going On Spending Sprees; And A Really Bad Texas Bill
Monday, March 12th, 2007In January I blogged about how at least 220 illegal immigrants working for Swift and Company were charged with identity theft.
As a follow-up to that story, last Friday the first of the convictions was handed down.
Tags:awareness and training, government, identity fraud, identity theft, Information Security, IT compliance, privacy, risk management, social security numbers, Swift
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12 Privacy-Impacting U.S. Federal Bills Introduced on January 4
Wednesday, January 10th, 2007On January 4th the 110th U.S. congress convened for the first time, and they did not waste any time introducing many new bills. 12 of them have privacy impacts. You can find more information about each of these at the THOMAS (Library of Congress) site. However, as of today (1/10/2007), the full texts for most of these bills are not yet available online.
From the Senate:
Tags:awareness and training, data protection law, education, employment, government, Information Security, internet, IT compliance, privacy, social security numbers, surveillance, telecommunications, travel
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