Saturday, October 27, 2012

Generally Accepted Privacy Principles - Part 3 - Drilling Down

Each of the 10 Generally Accepted Privacy Principles has sets of criteria organized into sub-categories with sub-sub categories below most. Here are the top sub categories for the first two of the 10 generally accepted privacy principles:

1.  Management: The entity defines, documents, communicates and assigns accountability for its privacy policies and procedures.

1.1 Policies and Communications
1.1.0 Privacy Policies
1.1.1 Communication to Internal Personnel
1.1.2 Responsibility and Accountability for Policies

1.2 Procedures and Controls
1.2.1 Review and Approval
1.2.2 Consistency of Privacy Policies and Procedures With Laws and Regulations
1.2.3 Personal Information Identification and Classification
1.2.4 Risk Assessment
1.2.5 Consistency of Commitments With Privacy Policies and Procedures
1.2.6 Infrastructure and Systems Management
1.2.7 Privacy Incident and Breach Management
1.2.8 Supporting Resources
1.2.9 Qualifications of Internal Personnel
1.2.10 Privacy Awareness and Training
1.2.11 Changes in Regulatory and Business Requirements

2. Notice. The entity provides notice about its privacy policies and procedures and identifies the purposes for which personal information is collected, used, retained and disclosed.

2.1 Policies and Communications

1.1.0 Privacy Policies
1.1.1 Communication to Individuals


2.2 Procedures and Controls
2.2.1 Provision of Notice
2.2.2 Entities and Activities Covered
2.2.3 Clear and Conspicuous

A link to a detailed table of these criteria along with illustrative controls and procedures (and additional information) is available on our website at www.socauditing.com

End of Part 3

- Mark Gleason
  www.socauditing.com

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Generally Accepted Privacy Principles - Part 2

Here are the AICPA's Generally Accepted Privacy Principles:

1. Management. The entity defines, documents, communicates and assigns accountability for its privacy policies and procedures.

2. Notice. The entity provides notice about its privacy policies and procedures and identifies the purposes for which personal information is collected, used, retained and disclosed.

3. Choice and consent. The entity describes the choices available to the individual and obtains implicit or explicit consent with respect to the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.

4. Collection. The entity collects personal information only for the purposes identified in the notice.

5. Use, retention and disposal. The entity limits the use of personal information to the purposes identified in the notice and for which the individual has provided implicit or explicit consent. The entity retains personal information for only as long as necessary to fulfill the stated purposes or as required by law or regulation and thereafter appropriately disposes of such information.

6. Access. The entity provides individuals with access to their personal information for review and update.

7. Disclosure to third parties. The entity discloses personal information to third parties only for the purposes identified in the notice and with the implicit or explicit consent of the individual.

8. Security for privacy. The entity protects personal information against unauthorized access (both physical and logical).

9. Quality. The entity maintains accurate, complete and relevant personal information for the purposes identified in the notice.

10. Monitoring and enforcement. The entity monitors compliance with its privacy policies and procedures and has procedures to address privacy-related complaints and disputes.

End of Part 2

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Saturday, October 20, 2012

Our Website is Going Live!

The website for Christofferson & Gleason CPAs LLC is going live soon.  I sent our webdeveloper the go ahead to go live Friday afternoon.  It's Saturday PM and the website in construction page is still on our website.  I think we'll up and running Monday.

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