[LINK] The handling of personal information

[Dr Bob Jansen]

Roger,

Fabulous, thanks for pointing this page out to me.

Bobj

Dr Bob Jansen
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On 27/07/2011, at 9:07, Roger Clarke <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au> wrote:

> At 19:21 +1000 26/7/11, Dr Bob Jansen wrote:
>> I have been asked to draft a small discussion paper on how an
>> organisation should go about handling personal individual's data.
> 
> The following template appears to have been adopted by well over 
> 1,000 sites now:  http://www.rogerclarke.com/DV/PST.html
> (Googling with various phrases from the template gets 1600-1800 hits).
> 
> It contains specific undertakings that organisations can make in 
> order to demonstrate the appropriateness of their handing of personal 
> data.
> 
> It's of course amendable and expandable, depending on what the 
> organisation actually does.
> 
> _______________________________________________________________________
> 
>> The
>> issue is what words to put into a consent form that provide enough
>> information to the person to sign the form that the organisation takes
>> the security of their information very seriously without a 70 page
>> diatribe of technical mumbo jumbo. Currently, the statement reads, 'Your
>> information will remain confidential' but goes no further and I argue
>> that this does not fill any reasonable person with confidence that the
>> organisation knows what they are talking about. It provides no more than
>> a wish that they would pike to do so (or maybe could do so). I argue
>> that it needs more indication of what is actually in place, ie, all
>> information stored digitally will be encrypted, all communication of
>> your information will be in an encrypted form (maybe even stating the
>> algorithm to be used), etc.
>> 
>> All advice, guidance, etc welcome and I will post the final copy of my
>> paper to the list for community information.
>> 
>> bobj
>> 
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