AI, Privacy, and Cyber Risk for HR and People Managers

Course description

HR professionals and people managers regularly handle employee and candidate information that requires careful protection. This course explains how to recognize privacy, security, and fairness risks when managing sensitive people information, using artificial intelligence, and responding to potential cyber threats. You'll explore how information such as compensation records, performance evaluations, medical details, and employee concerns may require greater protection depending on their sensitivity, context, and potential impact. The course covers how to apply purpose, data minimization, and need-to-know principles when accessing or sharing information, ensuring that people receive only what their responsibilities require. You'll also examine how AI can introduce risks when summarizing employee information, generating assessments, or influencing hiring, promotion, and performance decisions. You'll learn why access to information and approval to use an AI tool do not automatically authorize every potential use, and when additional review is necessary. The course also explains how to recognize suspicious requests, verify requester identity and authorization, and avoid disclosing information to unauthorized individuals. Finally, you'll discover how to respond when employee or candidate information may have been compromised, including limiting further access, reporting incidents promptly, and communicating known facts. These considerations support responsible decision-making and help protect the people whose information you manage.

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