It might be a sad truth, but it’s likely the truth nonetheless: The most important job for any privacy professional, before even caring for data, is continually justifying why you exist. If you don’t exist, the data is significantly less likely to stay safe and be used correctly, after all. Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, reports for The Privacy Advisor on a preconference session from the IAPP Privacy Academy and CSA Congress on how to manage an effective privacy program, where Chris Zoladz, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPT, CIPM, and Jay Cline, CIPP/US, discussed producing the metrics to justify your existence, rallying a team to help you exist and getting prepared for the worst, should it occur.
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