Information is a powerful and dangerous.
As an employer you have a responsibility to protect the information gathered from employees and ensure that it does not fall into the wrong hands. Generally the information collected for reasons of employment is not to be released to anyone without the proper authority for any reason. However, as an employer in the private sector you are not subjected to the rules of the Constitution and the Privacy Act, but only the common law and state regulations. Steps to protecting yourself Determine why certain information is collected, how it is stored and who has access. Collect only that information which is deemed absolutely necessary to the company.