Safe Harbor Rules Help Employers Manage Multinational HR Data

As with many areas of government regulation, the European Union has more stringent rules than the U.S. regarding the privacy of personal data. The EU Directive on Data Protection includes privacy principles that are similar in many ways to the GAPP we've discussed in previous posts. However, they are backed by the law in the …

Don’t Allow A Gap In Your GAPP – Part 6

OK, we're wrapping up our perusal of Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) today. This may seem like a lot of information, but it's really just scratching the surface of each principle. For a more in depth review, you can visit the AICPA and browse their resources section. Quality This is the 9th principle. Ensuring the …

Don’t Allow A Gap In Your GAPP – Part 5

We're almost done with our look at the 10 Generally Accepted Privacy Principles and how they relate to HR. This next principle is very important for all HR transactions whether you're using a paper based system or a fully virtual one. Security for Privacy Without adequate security, any sense of privacy is an illusion. Data …

Don’t Allow A Gap In Your GAPP – Part 4

In our journey through the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), hopefully you will discover new and improved ways to protect your employees' information. They probably won't notice if you do this right, but they certainly will if you get it wrong! Just one slip up can mean you lose the trust of your workforce; so …

Don’t Allow A Gap In Your GAPP

Let's continue this series looking at Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) and how they relate to HR in general and onboarding in particular. Here is a peek at Principles 4 and 5. Collection A well designed privacy policy will ensure that the personal information collected from job candidates, new hires, and employees is used only …

Don’t Allow a Gap in Your GAPP: Part 2

In this second part of our series about the AICPA's Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), we're going to look at two closely connected concepts. Notice Making information about your organization's privacy policy available to individuals whose information is being collected is a critical component of a well-managed program. So is explaining how an individual's information …

Don’t Allow a Gap in Your GAPP: Part 1

The Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP) is a set of 10 precepts developed by the American Institute of CPAs. These standards can also be viewed as best practices in fields other than Accounting. Because employee information should be treated with the same professionalism and care afforded to consumers, these guidelines are helpful in evaluating HR …