Recommendations for Ethical Digital Solutions

  • Do not force people to register in order to use your site
  • Allow people to register with their email address if they wish to receive bulletins
  • Do not share a user's email address with another company without the user's explicit permission for each company with which you wish to share the email address.
  • Whenever you send an email message to people, explain to them how you obtained their email addresses and how they can get it off your mailing list
  • Do not make your log files publicly accessible
  • Delete your log files when they are no longer needed
  • If your log files must be kept for extended periods of time, remove personally identifiable Information from them .
  • Encrypt your log files if possible
  • Do not give out personal information regarding your people.
  • Discipline or fire employees who violate your privacy policy.
  • Tell people about your policy on your home page, and allow your company to be audited by outsiders if there are questions regarding your policies.