http://www.cica.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/36529/la_id/1.htm

note - More information is provided below.

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=privacy&articleId=9051459&taxonomyId=84&intsrc=kc_feat

Enjoy.

Dan

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December 06, 2007 (Computerworld) -- If you haven't heard of the Generally Accepted Privacy Principles (GAPP), take stock: They're likely to become the most important new source of requirements for your IT projects since Y2k and Sarbanes-Oxley. Why is this? The accounting industry has closed ranks around the idea that the GAPP is the best international framework for assessing the privacy health of an organization. So when it comes to IT projects, any system or related business process touching personal data will have new rules to play by.

What is the GAPP? I have to agree with the auditors on this one. It's the best attempt so far to address the main point of pain for global chief privacy officers: the growing complexity of privacy regulations around the world.

for full article - see

http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomy
Name=privacy&articleId=9051459&taxonomyId=84&intsrc=kc_feat

Marilyn Prosch, Ph.D.
School of Global Management & Leadership
Associate Professor, Department of Accounting
Arizona State University
4701 W. Thunderbird Road
Glendale, AZ 85306-4908
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