This year’s issue of the IAPP’s Global Legislative Predictions is the largest to date since the IAPP began tracking predictions in 2017. Health data has been a center of attention in data privacy laws, another consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the passage of China’s Personal Information Protection Law and potential passage of India’s Data Protection Bill, an additional one-third of the world’s population will be regulated by a data privacy law. While many countries agree data privacy is an important issue to regulate, some countries are seeing the greatest obstacle resides in how best to regulate it. Read More

Many privacy pros struggle to show their value to an organization. When advocating for more staff or budget, they are frequently asked to demonstrate what the return will be on that investment in privacy. This white paper offers some reasons a solid privacy program is worth paying for. Read More

Published: March 2016Click To View (PDF) As a more mature field, information security has long enjoyed larger budgets and more staff than information privacy. As privacy teams have matured and grown, however, their budgets are beginning to be substantive. How do information security and privacy teams work in concert, so that their respective spends can complement one another? Are their priorities aligned? Have firms decided that information privacy investments can enhance information security... Read More

(January 2018) – "Privacy and data security is for everyone" is a commonly accepted statement, is largely true, and is completely misleading. There is virtually no company in the U.S. that does not have specific legal obligations and risks related to the privacy and security of personal data. The details may change, depending on the industry and a company’s practices. But for most companies, there is a core set of common obligations in an exceedingly complicated area, where the compliance challenges and legal risks are only growing. In this white paper, get an overview of the privacy law environment in the U.S., and learn about some broadly reaching laws that likely affect your organization. Read More

This four-part series by Chris Pahl, CIPM, CIPP/C, CIPP/E, CIPP/G, CIPP/US, CIPT, for The Privacy Advisor examining how to assess a program’s value, take inventory of what matters, use program metrics to show effectiveness and develop a strong communication plan. Read More