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The Privacy Lawyer Workshops:
Cyberspace in the Workplace Landmines...can
you spot them before they explode?
Although some solid
rules exist that are generally applicable to every workplace, far more
have to be customized to the specific workplace and the tone of
management. A company is at the mercy of plaintiff lawyers everywhere
without a well-crafted electronic media policy. But you can't just
stop there. Even more dangerous, legally, is the situation when a
well-crafted electronic media policy isn't enforced.
Spotting the
treacherous territories can be difficult. In The Privacy Lawyer
workshops we'll walk you through a
fact-pattern and let you see if you can spot the problems. Members of
the workshop are given scripts and play certain roles. They act out
typical scenarios where workplace technology creates serious legal,
regulatory and financial risks for the employer and help spot the
problems and identify solutions with Ms. Aftab's acting as
facilitator.
One of The Privacy Lawyer workshops is
summarized below. Each of the key characters is given a script and
some choices in how that script is used. The participants in the
workshop work on solutions
together. Each scenario is different and some are customized for
certain companies, allowing the workshops to be better directed to a
problem the company is experiencing. Not all characters are used in
all scenarios. The cast of characters, from which Ms. Aftab can
select, includes technology management and staff, administrative
staff, human resources, security management, website developers,
legal staff (inhouse and outside counsel), customer service
management and staff, and employees in various positions. (To learn
more about the possible characters, click here.)
Fact-Patterns:
 Scenario
One
Looking for Privacy in all the Right
Places...Identifying Data Sources and Access
This workshop scenario is directed at
demonstrating how difficult it is to locate all the data management
threads, ask the right questions and spot potential risks.
Chief privacy officers, compliance officers
and others handling data risk management and compliance issues often
complain that the hardest part of their job is to identify where the
data comes from, how is is collected and accessed, who has access to
it and for what purposes and where and how it is stored. This
scenario helps senior and middle management groups understand how to
formulate the inquiries and where the needed information is often
hidden. This scenario uses a potential merger to light the fire
under those responsible for data management. Time is of the essence.
Can they find what they need?
Scenario
Two
Human Resources and Cyberspace in the
Workplace Issues
In this scenario, a typical company's
employees interact online and offline. The risks of an everyday
electronic communication when it contains a biased or hostile
remark, prefers some kinds of personal communications over others
and allows people who are not trained in data management security
and privacy to oversee monitoring in the workplace is a loaded gun
waiting to go off. Learning how to spot the potentially dangerous
situations and defuse them, or avoid them altogether is essential.
Cyber-risks, abuse and crime are all touched on in this workshop.
Participants are taught how to spot the issues early.
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Parry
Aftab, Esq., 
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