According to new research from IBM, 35% of companies now use AI in their business. From health care to manufacturing to government, data-driven organizations across all major industries are realizing the benefits of AI: automation of repetitive tasks, faster processing of data, improved accuracy, and more. But as AI adoption becomes more widespread and advanced, business leaders […]
Why Just Collecting More and More Data Is No Longer Productive
A decade back, when the big data trend began, the mantra was to collect more and more data — then glean insights from it to better understand consumer behavior, market trends, and demand. Even today, big data is key to better decision-making and operational excellence; however, two phenomena challenge the notion of “collect as much […]
A Root-Cause Framework for Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy
When the United States and the European Commission together announced a new Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework earlier this year, the news didn’t raise too many eyebrows. After all, there’s nothing particularly objectionable about the new framework – the goal is to “foster trans-Atlantic data flows” and address concerns about the underlying EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, and who […]
The Trend Toward Emphasizing Data Minimization
With GDPR being the “shot heard ’round the world,” the digital industry, the regulators, and the courts have developed and readjusted the way in which we need to think about this revolutionary body of law. Through this experience, I’ve had a few flashback analogies to Y2K: Leading up to the event, it was a period […]
How Data Privacy Laws Impact Companies’ Approach to Cloud Security
Globally, organizations are churning out data in massive volumes for a plethora of reasons. Data enables organizations to speed up innovation, take business-critical decisions confidently, get deep consumer insights, and use all that information to stay ahead of their competitors. However, where does all that data go? They can’t possibly keep all that data stored […]
Most U.S. Companies Still Not Prepared for GDPR or CCPA Compliance
Even though the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect four years ago and a hundred other countries have adopted stringent data privacy laws, the U.S. is lagging behind without a federal data privacy rights regulation. California has taken the lead at the state level, the first to adopt the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in 2018, with Virginia […]
How to Become a Data Governance Lead
The Data Governance lead is responsible for the systems and rules used to ensure data is legal, well-organized, safe, accessible, and valuable. They are responsible for developing and communicating Data Governance policies. Because Data Governance covers a wide range of responsibilities, a variety of people are involved, and the Data Governance lead manages how they […]
Forthcoming AI Regulation Makes Data Management Imperative
Although algorithmic decision-making has become increasingly vital for many businesses, there are growing concerns related to transparency and fairness. To put it mildly, the concern is warranted. Not only has there been documentation of racial bias in facial recognition systems, but algorithmic decision-making has also played a role in denying minorities home loans, prioritizing men during hiring, […]
How Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) Can Benefit Your Business
GDPR introduced the Records of Processing Activities (ROPA) requirements to drive better accountability from organizations with their use of personal data. Before GDPR, organizations didn’t track how they used and shared personal data, making data privacy risks impossible to comprehend. Now GDPR mandates that organizations create and maintain essential information about how an organization uses personal data. […]
Data Privacy Has Become a Human Right
A deep history of pivotal moments gave root to our modern idea of human rights. Ancients like King Hammurabi set in stone (literally) some parts of the idea that every person has basic rights and freedom. Along the way, the Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, Virginia Declaration of Rights, and U.S. Bill of Rights […]