Organizational privacy
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Definition/short description
Organizational privacy is refering to the desire of government agencies,corporations and other organizations to keep their activities from being revealed to other organizations or individuals. Security practices are implemented by these organizations to prevent this from happening. Legal protection is sometimes seeked in order to make sure that some information or activities are clasified.
In depth
Organizations are commited in maintaining the accurancy and privacy of personal information in accordance with applicable laws. Every Organization has a privacy policy which is a statement of principles and guidlines for the protection of personal information of the individual members, sponsors, clients and so forth. The objective is to ensure responsible practices in the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
The relevance for eGovernment
The knowledge and consent of individuals is required for the disclosure and use of personal information and organizations use responsible efforts to ensure that individulals are advised of the purposes for which their information will be used. The individuals may withdraw consent at any time if they feel that their information is misused and this creates a danger of their security. Disclosure of personal information for purposed unagreed upon can lead to legal consequences for the organization and endangerement of individuals security.
Governments are increasingly using the Internet as a means to deliver services and information. This development allows users to register for government services, obtain and file government forms etc. This trend towards eGovernment and the electronic delivery of services has further expanded government collection of personally-identifiable data. With the increasing use of technology in government to citizen interactions it is important to that government agencies that collect personal information from citizens adopt and maintain adequate privacy practices. Most governments that use electronic system as a delivery of information have adopted a legislation for protection of personal data. The elements of this legislation include limiting the collection of personal information to specific purposes, requiring some type of consent for the collection and disclosure of information ad exempting databases pertaining to crime, security or national archives. The majority of the public records protection include a balance between protecting individual rights to privacy, to public benefit of free information exchange and the states interest in protecting national security. while the existence and format of public records data protection vary it is clear that there is a deep trend towards pushing the public sector protection forward.
Examples
One example of organizational privacy is Internet privacy. Organizations that use internet as a means of collecting personal information from thier customers must take into account the customers right to privacy when it comes to pesonal information. To give a more specific example, government agencies use Internet as a means to deliver services and information.This development allow users to register for government services (obtain and file government forms. apply for employment, comment on policy issues etc.) all on-line.In order to access all this information, governments collect a wide range of personal information (health, employment, education, tax returns,drivers licence and so on) that needs to be protected by the institutions themselves through privacy practices. In case of missuse of personal information or lack of adequate protection, individuals security can be in danger and institutions lose thier reliability.
Sources, further reading, links
- [1] information on organizational privacy,privacy policies, principles etc.
- [2] privacy and security in a telecommunication organization.
- The Visible Employee:Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to protect Information Assets without compromising employee Privacy or Trust, Jeffrey M. Stanton, Kathryn R. Stam, 2008, 978-0910965743
- Privacy Lost, David H. Holtzman, 2006, 978-0787985110
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