IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2025
BRUSSELS
19-20 November
Bridging the Context Gap: The Promise and Peril of AI for Privacy
Thursday, 20 Nov.
13:15 - 14:15 CET
Intermediate level
Gary Brown, AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPM, CIPT, Chief Privacy Officer, Westinghouse
Pádraig O'Leary, Chief Executive Officer, Co-founder, TrustWorks
Martin Woodward, Global Legal Director, Global Responsible AI Officer, Randstad
Even the most mature privacy programs face a familiar challenge: Critical information exists across contracts, systems, and teams, but remains buried in silos. Artificial intelligence can bridge these gaps by structuring scattered knowledge, uncovering risks early and reducing the operational drag of endless assessments.
Yet without safeguards, AI can also create serious legal, ethical and operational risks — from hallucinations and bias to auditability gaps and security exposure.
This session will show how leading privacy teams are responsibly harnessing AI to transform their operating model, turning hidden data into actionable insight while embedding human oversight, transparency and robust governance to ensure trust and compliance.
What you will learn:
- How AI can integrate fragmented data sources to deliver context and visibility without manual digging.
- Safeguards like human-in-the-loop review, audit trails and explainability that prevent AI errors, legal missteps or data leaks.
- How context-aware AI improves collaboration, reduces redundant assessments and accelerates privacy decision-making.
Sponsored by: TrustWorks