When someone's personal data is lost or stolen, major problems ranging from difficulty accessing personal records to identity theft can occur. To help prevent these things from happening, the law places certain data protection responsibilities on companies like yours when you collect personal data from customers and employees. Non-compliance with these data protection responsibilities will cost your company, so it's important that you adhere to them. That being said, here are the most important responsibilities that you need to keep in line with, according to regulations set forth by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:

One of the most recent developments when it comes to improving your organization's operational efficiency is to go digital. By taking this step, you have given each member of your team the capability to handle tasks much more quickly and with fewer errors. Going digital has allowed you to mostly ignore your paper documents – which is a good thing, since paper documents are expensive and difficult to manage. However, even if you rarely – or never – use them, protecting paper documents still needs to be a priority for your organization. Here is why: