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Who Protects the Company's Privacy Policy

The question of whether a stated privacy policy means anything may depend more on the staff responsible for the systems that data is kept than the corporate officers who set policy. How vulnerable are companies to internal threats to customer data or internal communications may be a question that executives should be asking. Consumers need to ask what are the consequences for a company that violates its stated privacy policy.

Does Your Privacy Policy Mean Anything?, ClickZ Online Opinion, January 11, 2005