Professional Ethics: What CPAs Need to Know About Evolving Privacy Risks

About the course

This on-demand course will introduce key privacy considerations, including ethical responsibilities for practitioners to effectively manage the day-to-day privacy risks they face including: 1. A review of a CPA’s ethical responsibilities with respect to client data 2. Data breach mitigation techniques 3. Improving client and employee confidence Increased understanding of the emerging trends and requirements in the privacy space 4. We will define private information and confidential information and illustrate through case studies, the differences and obligations associated with each. This engaging on-demand course will provide effective strategies to mitigate data breach risks and improve processes to maintain privacy compliance. After completion of this course, participants will be able to: 1. Understand why CPAs and CPA firms should be interested in learning more about privacy 2. Define privacy 3. Understand the difference between privacy and confidentiality 4. Define personal information 5. Identify what CPAs take for granted in collecting personal information 6. Identify safeguards to protecting personal information 7. Define data breaches 8. Identify privacy best practices