Canadian businesses have generally embraced protecting their clients’ data. But, according to the results of new survey from the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, there’s still some work to do.
The survey of 1,003 Canadian businesses on privacy-related issues, was conducted by Phoenix Strategic Perspectives from Nov. 29 to Dec. 19, 2019 and focused on the type of privacy policies and practices in place, legal compliance, and awareness of, and approaches to, privacy protection.
Respondents were senior decision-makers with knowledge of their company’s privacy and security practices. The results were weighted by sector, region and business size.
Among the findings:
According to McCarthy Tetrault, a Canadian law firm, it’s unclear what percentage of businesses are adequately prepared to respond to a data breach. The OPC study did not specifically ask which businesses have incident response plans in place, so it’s unknown how many can deal quickly with a security breach and compliance with OPC’s guidelines.
On a daily basis, new technology threats and situations occur that can affect your organization’s ability to do business. A recent example is COVID-19 in which many organizations had no emergency remote-work plan in place. It’s important to have such plans in place, so that you can resolve these issues quickly, keep customers satisfied, and remain open for business.
At 365 Technologies, we can help your small- to medium-sized business create a secure network, develop incident response and remote work policies and plans, help train your staff on best practices, and integrate trusted and secure Cloud services to give you peace of mind.