Protecting the data of their company's employees is a top priority for many personnel managers, but promoting a sensitive, professional approach to dealing with personnel data can prove difficult.
While sending unsecured confidential documents internally or externally is virtually unthinkable in most companies, experience has shown that often less care is taken with emails, where employees often fail to use data protection measures such as software encoding. By now everyone is familiar with media reports on confidential documents accidentally landing in the paper recycling bin or being sent to the wrong fax number.
Such incidents can not only be disastrous for a company's image, they can have serious legal repercussions, as well.
We advise our clients on all issues relating to confidentiality and the protection of personnel data and support them in taking organizational precautions to avoid the improper storage, use or transfer of such data. We work with them to devise concepts tailored to the company's needs and train employees in the appropriate handling of personnel data and trade secrets and in the use of suitable security systems.