K Royal, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, FIP

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TrustArc

Director, Consulting

K Royal is an attorney and compliance professional with 25 years of experience in the legal and health-related fields, which provides her a thorough perspective when implementing or overseeing programs globally. She is skilled in privacy laws, breach management, compliance, training, and program development. K has a particular interest in technology along with its challenges and opportunities. K is currently a global privacy specialist at TrustArc, headquartered in San Francisco, and is responsible for assessing corporate compliance with a wide range of privacy laws and then assisting them with building their privacy programs. K is also an adjunct professor at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and is currently in the dissertation phase of her PhD in Public Affairs. As an attorney, she has been recognized as a Forty-under-40 honoree for Phoenix, as an educational leader through the YWCA, one of the top pro bono attorneys in Arizona, Member of the Year for the Association of Corporate Counsel (40k members globally), and most recently named an Outstanding Women in Business by the Phoenix Business Journal.

Her areas of work mainly center around privacy and health care regulatory law, while her personal loves are youth outreach, diversity initiatives, and leadership training.  K is a frequent speaker and author on privacy and serves as a leader in several professional associations. She graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, with prior degrees in Nursing and Psychology and Business Administration. 

 

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