Best Practices

Best Practices

• Assign a Chief Privacy Officer for your organization.

  The CPO will add credibility to your privacy policy and provide an effective response to privacy issues that might arise for your company.

• Assign a privacy advocate on each of your teams.

  In large companies, privacy advocates make the job of the CPO easier.

• Stay current with privacy legislation.

  Privacy legislation changes often. Privacy legislation in other countries can also affect you. Staying current with these changes will help keep your company out of trouble.

• Define a privacy policy for your company and apply it to your practices.

  Your privacy policy will act as a guideline for your employees. Without it, your employees are bound to make mistakes.

• Get involved with privacy organizations.

  Privacy organizations can provide you with ideas on how to become a more privacy-aware company and to create a privacy policy for your company. Avoid reinventing the wheel.

• Set up a privacy response center.

  A privacy response center can help your company respond to privacy issues in a consistent and efficient manner. Establishing a PRC will be invaluable for large companies.