You’ve likely heard a lot about privacy legislation over the past few years and what companies need to do differently to comply. But the legislation is only one part of the equation as far as customers are concerned. Doing what you have to do legally and doing what is simply good business practices can further consumer confidence in your business.

Effective and efficient customer marketing is predicated on trust. Customers are more careful than ever about the personal information they are willing to share with companies they do business with due to the increasing incidence of identity theft. Losing customer confidence and willingness to share information is a risk no business can afford to take. Mecanix is a member of the IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals) and our consultants are CIPP (Certified International Privacy Professionals).   We provide the following services for privacy.

Privacy Education
   · Why Privacy means Good Business
   · Your Legal and Corporate Responsibilities
   · Setting Governance Structures – CPO, Privacy Policies and Practices
   · Obtaining Consent from your Customers to Collect, Use and Share their information
   · Protecting Personal Information Under your Control

Privacy Program Development & Implementation
  · Tailored to embed privacy practices into your day to day operations
  · Privacy Policy development
  · Integrating consent practices into your marketing, sales, employee and customer support functions
  · Integrating security, retention and destruction practices into your IT and business operations
  · Training employees on new privacy practices
  · Development of ongoing Privacy awareness programs and audits

Virtual Privacy Office
  · Monitoring Changing Legislation and Privacy Practices
  · Maintaining privacy information, collateral and training documentation
  · Providing guidance on operational considerations and changes
  · Providing privacy expertise
  · Coordinating investigation into privacy breaches
  · Responding to and escalating inquiries