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What''s your safeguard? FTC Safeguards Rule applies to most CPAs. (Government Relations).

Publication: California CPA
Publication Date: 01-JUL-03 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: What''s your safeguard? FTC Safeguards Rule applies to most CPAs. (Government Relations).(Federal Trade Commission)

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The Federal Trade Commission's Safeguards Rule, which implements the security provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, went into effect in May. The rule requires most CPA firms and others who perform significant financial services, including tax preparation or financial planning, to have a policy in place to safeguard client information. At a minimum firms are required to:

* Designate an employee or employees to coordinate the information security program;

* Identify reasonably foreseeable internal and external risks to the security, confidentiality and integrity of customer information and assess the sufficiency of any safeguards in place to control the risks;

* Design and implement safeguards to address the risks and monitor the effectiveness of those safeguards;

* Select and retain service providers who are capable of maintaining...

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