Somebody’s Watching Me: Employee Monitoring
Employee monitoring is common and usually allowed as long as your employer has a business-related reason. Read More
Employee monitoring is common and usually allowed as long as your employer has a business-related reason. Read More
A Social Security number (SSN) is a nine digit identification number that has become a universal identifier for both the government and the private sector in the U.S.
Read MoreIn 1973 the U.S. Dept of Health Education and Welfare (HEW) to look at the impact of computerization on medical records privacy. The members wanted to develop policies that would allow the benefits of computerization to go forward, but at the same time provide safeguards for personal privacy.
Read MoreFrom the expansion of certain protections to the use of automation technology in law enforcement, this legislative session once again saw a number of bills centered around data privacy.
Read MoreBrad is a sales agent and makes sales calls from his home. His company uses their employees' Social Security numbers as their company ID numbers. It's on their business cards. When the employees take a new order, their Social Security number appears on their customer's paperwork.
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The Sacramento Police Department called Frida to tell her that someone made a fake driver's license using her name. A large drugstore chain had tossed old job applicants into the trash without shredding them. Someone found and used them to made fake IDs. Read More
Rex retired from the Army in 1999. In July of last year, someone was able to get a military ID from Fort Bragg with his name and Social Security number. Using that ID and Rex's good credit history, that person was able to buy cars, motorcycles and open credit card and checking accounts. Read More
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