Data Security
Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the purpose of the act is to protect the privacy of individuals with respect to their personal information. This Act governs the federal government’s collection, retention, use and disclosure of that information. The privacy regulations principals can be summarized as follows:
- The collection, use and disclosure of personal information
- An organisation or agency’s governance and accountability
- integrity and correction of personal information
- the rights of individuals to access their personal information
India also, in a recent judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court declared the right to privacy as a fundamental right and has provided much-needed push for introducing a robust and comprehensive data protection legislation in India Accordingly a data privacy Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha (lower house) on 11th December 2019 and is being currently being analyzed by Joint Parliamentary committee and will be passed soon. The bill is on the line of Canadian privacy act (PIPEDA) and its main aim is to protect fundamental right to privacy.
AcoBloom’s Data Security
Data or Cyber security is of utmost importance to AcoBloom, we have carried out the process of identifying the risk, implementing the security controls to mitigate risk in terms of physical security, network security, human resource training and confidentially and work from home security measures. Our data security policy is based on the lines of the Australian privacy act Australian Privacy Principles (APPs).