Hrm- Practical Application

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Assignment 5 Practical Application Of Information Privacy Plan 1. Discuss why information security and privacy are important considerations in the design, development, and maintenance of HRIS. Information security and privacy are important considerations in the design, development, and maintenance of HRIS because it is imperative to the staff it supports that the personal information that they entrust to their employer is safe and secure from entities that could compromise the integrity of their personal information. Information security in HRIS means protecting information in the HRIS from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, and disruption, modification, or destruction; the objectives of information security are to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. If applied effectively as strategic HR, information can result in the realization of significant corporate benefits, thus having a positive impact in the trust of staff within the company with employees being assured that all efforts are being implemented and researched to ensure the safety of staff and company private information. Human resource managers must make every effort to ensure that their information resources achieve data integrity, confidentiality, and availability. Privacy is also imperative when dealing and managing a company’s private information as well. 2. In each of the three scenarios, discuss what information privacy principles have been breached. In scenario one, Roger who is a photocopier technician and not an actual authorized administrative staff member, was left alone to repair a copy machine that had imperative information in it regarding a staff member who coincidently lives on the same street as Roger. The first issue to address is why Roger was left alone at the copier knowing there was some confidential
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