Greetings readers, the holiday season is well and truly upon us, and many of you will already be in holiday mode. Cities are emptying, traffic is much easier, and you're doing things that are not the daily norm.

I'm writing this foreword at 4 a.m. in the departure lounge at Sydney, en route to London, and this is definitely not my usual daily commute. . .

This week's Digest brings a range of articles.

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We list the 2016 top 10 resources from the IAPP Resource Center, and there's no surprise that the GDPR rates several mentions.

The annual IAPP Global Privacy Summit is open with an all-new configuration for registration. Get a two, three, or four-day pass to the 17-20 April event.

Read why CDIAs are the next logical step beyond a PIA. It's about all of the data, not just personal information.

Richard Kam, CIPP/US, in his third article of the series, writes on how to use ROI to defeat cybercrime. The bear/hiker analogy rings true in this story.

And there's a good read on privacy policies by Ernie Smith, including stats on how many of the 18,000 Android apps in the Play Store don't have a privacy policy, and how many apps use some form of personal information. I won't spoil the suspense — you'll need to read it yourself to find out.

So, take a little time and have a read. I must go, literally, I must fly!

I hope you have a safe and quiet break, and go into 2017 refreshed and focused.