Regulators are looking harder at privacy and expanding what constitutes personal data, sensitive data and consumer health information, Grindr Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Kelly Peterson said Wednesday during Privado’s Bridge Summit. However, Aaron Weller, HP privacy innovation leader, said it’s “not just about laws and regulations” for businesses seeking to prioritize privacy. “It’s also who are your customers and what are your customers’ expectations?”
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Mastercard Chief Privacy and Data Responsibility Officer Caroline Louveaux will chair the IAPP's board for 2025 and its executive committee, the association announced as it unveiled election results Thursday. Also elected, as board directors, were: Volkswagen Group Chief Privacy Officer Oliver Draf; Google Data Protection Officer Kristie Chon Flynn; GE Healthcare Chief Privacy and Data Trust Officer Lara Liss; and Susan Hintze, managing partner and founder, Hintze Law and Hintze Data Advisors. Members of the newly elected executive committee: Barbara Cosgrove, vice president and CPO at Workday (vice chair), Christina Montgomery, vice president, chief privacy and trust officer at IBM (treasurer), Travis LeBlanc, partner at Cooley (secretary and privacy and civil liberties oversight board member) and Faith Myers, privacy officer and vice president at McKesson Corporation (past chair).
Correction: IAPP's Privacy Governance Report was published in November 2024. On January 28, IAPP published an updated DPA directory with research on the existence of privacy or data protection laws in countries around the world; and in addition, Joe Jones commented on the earlier report (see 2501280003).
Assessments around AI should be done altogether and not split into separate categories of risk, privacy, cybersecurity or other issues, said chief privacy officers at an International Association of Privacy Professionals webinar Tuesday.
Microsoft is trying to implement compliance systems that put the company in good standing with privacy and AI regulations across countries and jurisdictions, Chief Privacy Officer Julie Brill said Tuesday during an International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) livestream.
Despite financial pressure, geopolitical instability, more data protection rules and other challenges, the privacy profession continues demonstrating "an extraordinary capacity for adaption and resilience," the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) said in a report published Tuesday. Nine of 10 companies responding to this year's survey said they feel at least somewhat confident about their privacy governance program, it said.
The Department of Homeland Security disbanded its 15-member data privacy and integrity advisory committee.
In addition to an increase in privacy laws, 2025 is expected to bring an escalation of privacy and data protection claims under old laws, said International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) members on a webinar Wednesday.
Laws like the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), state and federal privacy laws, other laws and common law precedents in areas like copyright and survivor privacy apply to people after death and businesses should take them into consideration when dealing with personal information of the deceased, said Alex Ferrate, commercial attorney, in an IAPP blog Thursday.