LinkedIn - Company Risk Assessment

DennyPa

Hey,

Would anybody be able to point me in the right direction, I have to do a risk assessment on LinkedIn for my boss. I basically need fine out what risks are involved with setting up a Company group in regards to employees leaving and who owns the connections, data etc if they leave.

I know a profile is owned by the individual who creates it but if its setup using a company email address who owns it then?
Another question I have to answer is about data protection, data retention and security; I don’t even know where to start on this.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated,

Thanks

conorcan2

I'm not sure if I'm reading you right, but LinkedIn have a user agreement on their site:

http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=user_agreement&trk=hb_ft_userag

Also, they have a forum:

http://www.linkedin.com/answers?trk=tab_answers

SerialComplaint

Common sense would suggest that people own their own connections. They can have multiple email addresses for their linked in account, so it isn't tied to just one company address. If they left the company, you could certainly kick them out of the company group on LinkedIn, so they wouldn't see what is going on in the group. They would retain their connections to their former colleagues.

What risks are you concerned about?