Most organizations collect data from their clients, employees, and/or vendors. While data collection is an integral part of today’s business practice, there are several organizations that may not have a policy in place to address the question, who owns the data?

Most organizations collect data from their clients, employees, and/or vendors.  While data collection is an integral part of today’s business practice, there are several organizations that may not have a policy in place to address the question, who owns the data?  Using your professional experiences, please share if your organization uses a mechanism to inform clients, employees, and/or vendors about the data collection policy.  Specifically, does the mechanism explicitly state who owns the data?  If yes, please share the verbiage used to deliver this message.  If not, how would you incorporate this language into a policy?

Response to peers:

Please respond to at least two peers. Include a comparison between your organizational practices of informing clients, employees, and/or vendors about the data collection policy that is incorporated to the post that you are responding to.  The initial post is due on Sunday, and the two responses are due on Wednesday.