Privacy and legal issues

“A Checklist of Responsible Information-Handling Practices”
The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides an overview of key points to consider when preparing information-handling policies and conducting privacy audits within your organization.

“Privacy Pays: Making Privacy Part of the Corporate Culture"
An informative collection of presentations from the 2003 meeting of the American Bar Association’s Section on Science, Technology, and Law.

“Corporate Compliance in Document Retention In Today’s Business Environment”
A detailed presentation on document retention policies by Houston law firm Haynes and Boone, LLP

Document retention and destruction

“Record Retention and Destruction: Current Best Practices”
An instructive 170-page document from the American Bar Association.

National Association for Information Destruction (NAID) is the international trade association for companies providing information destruction services.

Corporate security

Helpful information, news and advice on a range of security topics from the American Association for Industrial Security (ASIS), an international trade association for security professionals.

Identity theft

“Identity Theft: What to Do if It Happens to You”
Detailed information on identity theft and steps that should be taken by victims. From the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

“Five Ways to Fight ID Theft”
Article from CIO magazine looks at identity theft from a corporate security perspective.

Intellectual property

“A Primer on United States Intellectual Property Law Protections”
explains terminology and legal protections provided by copyrights, patents, and more. Authored by Wisconsin law firm Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.

“The ABCs of Intellectual Property Protection,”
A primer, compiled from CSO magazine articles, covers basic and overlooked steps for keeping your secrets secret.

Trade secrets and economic espionage

Trade Secrets Homepage
A detailed, interesting, and informative site focused on trade secrets issues from by Chicago attorney R. Mark Halligan, a nationally recognized expert on trade secrets law and the Economic Espionage Act of 1996

“Arrests and Convictions Resulting from the Economic Espionage Act of 1996”
An interesting look at outcomes of recent cases of economic espionage

“Spy vs. Spy,”
2003 article from Inc. magazine examining corporate espionage.