OCEG | Open Compliance and Ethics Group

Although most organizations have long regarded their stores of data as one of their most valuable corporate assets, how this data was managed and maintained varies enormously. Originally, data was used to help achieve operational goals, run the business and help identify the future direction and success of the company. However, new government regulations and guidelines are a key driving force in how and why data is being retained, as they are now requiring organizations to retain and control information for very long periods of time.

Posted by Knowledge Storm - Free Registration Required   Distributed document imaging has empowered the knowledge worker to convert paper documents into electronic files and move them through the organization and beyond at the speed of the Internet. While many organizations realize that document imaging provides great benefits to an organization in terms of cost savings, productivity improvements and increased business effectiveness, it is less obvious that it can help you meet privacy and compliance regulations.

On 30 January 2006, the Attorney-General, the Hon Philip Ruddock MP, asked the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) to conduct an inquiry into the extent to which the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) and related laws continue to provide an effective framework for the protection of privacy in Australia.   Key Proposals for Reform: The current Inquiry is the one of the largest projects ever undertaken by the ALRC. In the three volumes of this Discussion Paper, approximately 300 proposals for reform are put forward for consideration.

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) is a Federal law that protects the privacy of student education records. The law applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.