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Privacy is multifaceted. It is a personal issue, a social issue, a legal issue, and a business issue as well. Ernst & Young’s Risk Advisory Services include a focus on privacy, combining the advice and direction of our leading subject matter professionals with a global audit and assurance methodology to provide business with solutions to their privacy policy, control, and assurance needs.

With experience in financial, health, retail, online, and employee privacy issues in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific areas, Ernst & Young can assist you to manage privacy risk, comply with laws and regulations, and effectively manage the use of personal information throughout your enterprise.

Telecommuting presents privacy and security risks

Personal and private information related to both employees and their employers may be compromised by telecommuting staff if privacy risks are not dealt with effectively. This is according to a new report from Ernst & Young and the Center for Democracy and Technology. "Risk at home: privacy and security risks in telecommuting" identifies such issues in work-from-home arrangements. Read about effective approaches — as well as areas in need of improvement in how organizations protect personal and other sensitive company-related information.

Privacy and Data Protection in Managing Enterprise Risk:
Archived Webcast Is Available

Protecting personal information used by your organization is at the foundation of enterprise risk management. If you missed the live Feb. 27 Thought Center Webcast "Privacy Issues for 2007: Managing Risk and Compliance," watch the archived program in video format. Find out our panelists' viewpoints on several aspects of privacy, including effective data governance, driving IT risk management and compliance, and third parties.

Our Approach

Ernst & Young’s privacy audit and compliance-based privacy methodology can best be understood as a cycle. Find out more.

Information Security Is
More Important Than Ever

Companies expanding into new markets and deploying operations in rapidly emerging economies face exponentially greater business risk, including risk to vital corporate and customer information. Ernst & Young’s 10th Annual Global Information Security Survey confirms that companies are making significant progress in mitigating risk by strengthening their information security. However the dynamics of risk require continuous improvements.

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