Ron Whitworth, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

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Truist

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Ron Whitworth is Senior Vice President and Chief Privacy Officer at Truist in Charlotte, N.C.. He manages the Enterprise Privacy Office for Truist Financial Corporation, and all of its affiliates and subsidiaries. Ron is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and Certified Information Privacy Professional for the United States, Canada and Europe (CIPP/US, CIPP/C and CIPP/E).

Prior to joining SunTrust now Truist, Ron served as Senior Vice President, Chief Privacy Officer and Associate General Counsel at TIAA Bank (formerly EverBank) in Jacksonville, FL. Earlier in his legal career, Ron was an attorney with Sullivan & Worcester, LLP, counseling clients on a wide variety of state, U.S., and international privacy and data security matters. He was also a member of S&W's Telecommunications Group, and worked closely with its Trademarks, Copyright & Licensing Group on matters involving online businesses.

 

Contributions by Ron Whitworth

  • Meta Mayhem: Navigating Privacy Challenges in Digital Assets/Cryptocurrency
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2023
  • Upcoming U.S. State Privacy Laws: What's new and what to expect in 2023
    Speaker at In-Person Charlotte KnowledgeNet: December 8, 2022
  • Cyber Incident Reporting Simplified with Privacy Best Practices
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Cyber ‘Risk of Harm’ & Leveraging the Privacy Playbook
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2022
  • Changes in Attitudes: How COVID-19 has affected consumer privacy norms
    Speaker at Virtual Charlotte KnowledgeNet: May 26, 2022
  • Decision Intelligence and the 10 Stages of Incident Management
    Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2022
  • COVID-19 Return to Work and Privacy Concerns
    Speaker at Virtual Charlotte KnowledgeNet: May 27, 2021
  • Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2020 - Canceled
  • Speaker at IAPP Global Privacy Summit 2020 - Canceled
  • The Privacy Incident Benchmark Report: Data to Drive Operational Excellence
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Career Transitioning from eDiscovery into Privacy
    Web Conference Speaker
  • Be the Wiz at Digital Identity in Financial Technology
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019
  • Financial Forum 2.0: Bank CPOs Discuss Hot Topics in Financial Privacy
    Speaker at IAPP Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019
  • Financial Forum 2.0: Bank CPOs Discuss Hot Topics in Financial Privacy
    Speaker at Global Privacy Summit 2019
  • CCPA On the Ground: Explore Case Studies in Ad Tech, Smart Cars, Health, Finance
    Speaker at IAPP CCPA Comprehensive 2019
  • Financial Forum: Bank CPOs Discuss Hot Topics in Financial Privacy
    Speaker at Privacy. Security. Risk. 2018