As Google+ attracts more users, businesses need to be wary of its implications within the enterprise. Here are five tips from a legal expert to help your company navigate the new Google+ waters.
As Google+ grows in popularity—now with more than 20 million users—the new social network is triggering a number of questions with legal implications from businesses about potential policy changes, data retention issues and more, according to Joshua Kubicki, senior director of legal and corporate practices at Applied Discovery, an e-discovery provider that works with corporations preparing for and responding to legal actions.
"Google+ changes things by expanding things," Kubicki says. "This isn't just another platform, it's Google's platform, which brings up a lot of issues surrounding privacy like what information Google collects and how they use that information, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Consumers are constantly trading off privacy to gain products, innovations and services."
To prepare for the potential surge in Google+ interest, Kubicki offers five recommendations that businesses should consider when allowing employees access to Google+ from within the enterprise and on enterprise-issued devices.
1. Include Google+ in Your Social Media Policy
Social media policies and acceptable-use policies are important to businesses for a number of reasons, including ensuring that employees understand which behaviors are and are not appropriate, as well as potential consequences.
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Source: cio.com
By: Kristin Burnham
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