The obstacles to compliance with global privacy and data protection laws are numerous: New laws emerge as existing ones evolve, privacy knowledge is not evenly distributed throughout organizations, internal communication structures can be underdeveloped or absent, and priorities compete for a finite amount of attention. Indeed, at 52%, more than half of privacy professionals are only "somewhat confident" in their ability to stay informed about new global privacy laws. Moreover, at 70%, most are only "somewhat confident" in their ability to track or comply with new nonprivacy laws that their privacy functions have acquired responsibility for.

The members of the IAPP's Privacy Bar Section Advisory Board put together this list of 10 tips to help privacy pros stay on top of compliance with the ever-shifting landscape of global privacy and data protection laws.