Information privacy
Distinguishes between confidentiality and privacy of information held on individuals, the latter by companies, but doubts that privacy, where applicable, is respected by many companies in view of the cumulative value of such information as a power asset. Details recent legislation covering the safeguarding of individuals' data and concludes by listing best practice procedures which companies should implement in order to put limits on accessing the private particulars of the individual.
Keywords: Confidentiality; Customer Records; Data Protection; Disclosure; Ethics; Information Technology; Legislation; Privacy
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 01 January 1995
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