Chief Privacy Officer

Board meeting showing CPOs and cyber threats

Leaving CPOs Out in the Cold Exposes Firms to Cyber Threats

February 23, 2024

There’s a disturbing trend in boardrooms that’s leaving corporations completely exposed. CPOs and CIOs are sidelined, ignored and forgotten by the rest of the C-suite as executives believe that the battle between CPOs and hackers is removed from day-to-day business operations.

Microscope with microscope slide showing the sharing of COVID-19 impacts on clinical trials by Biogen’s CPO

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COVID With Privacy Pros: Biogen’s CPO Susan Wise

July 1, 2020

Biogen’s CPO, Susan Wise, shares how COVID-19 has impacted the company’s clinical trials and brought a difference in views of privacy being a consumer right versus a human right.

City night traffic showing how privacy regulations are changing the role of Chief Privacy Officer

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The New Pace of Privacy: More Changes Ahead Require Adaptable CPOs

March 3, 2020

Increase in privacy regulations around the world has driven the role of CPO to grow in significance and evolve in complexity to keep organizations compliant with the new requirements.

Two cups of coffee on table showing the interview with CPO of CVS Health to share data-driven diagnosis in privacy approach

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: Data-Driven Diagnosis

February 12, 2020

CPO of CVS Health shares the use of data-driven diagnosis to see how her team spends their time, compare the different potential risks and reallocate time to be more proactive in privacy approach.

Metal filing cabinet showing the responsibility of data classification is no longer just for CISOs anymore

Data Protection Insights

Data Classification: Not Just for CISOs Anymore

January 31, 2020

Data classification is growing in importance with the emergence of regulations like GDPR and CCPA. It's time for CISOs and CPOs to join forces to meet these data security challenges.

Cup of coffee on table showing the interview with Dan Pepper on his job transition from corporate privacy officer to Big Law privacy partner

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: The Road Less Traveled

October 10, 2019

The most coveted of privacy job positions are those in-house with many professionals set on becoming corporate privacy officer. Hear what made Dan Pepper take the uncommon route to become a big law privacy partner instead.

Picture of a cup of coffee showing the sharing session with AT&T CPO on how privacy policy supports human progress

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: “Privacy Policy is Human Progress”

August 21, 2019

Hear what AT&T CPO, Tom Moore, has to say about the company’s privacy policy and how it supports the mission to inspire human progress through the power of communication and entertainment.

Hands piled in a group showing the interview with Groupon’s global privacy and regulatory managing counsel on how the company enforces privacy without having a CPO

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: No CPO? No Problem!

June 20, 2019

To many, a CPO plays an important role with regulations like GDPR in play, hear it from Brock Wanless, Groupon’s global privacy and regulatory managing counsel, on how the company enforces privacy without one.

2 cups of coffee showing the sharing session with CPO of Uber, Ruby Zefo, on 3 privacy principles

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: Three Constants of Privacy

April 23, 2019

Ruby Zefo, CPO of Uber, talks about her career and and shares her thoughts on the theology of privacy, which she breaks down into three pillars of challenges – laws, customers and technology.

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Coffee with Privacy Pros: DPO vs. CPO. Lawyer vs. Technician. The Dualities of Privacy.

January 3, 2019

Like many privacy professionals, Robert Gratchner got his start in the industry accidentally but not surreptitiously. Hear his views on the CPO and DPO roles, and perspectives on privacy as a career.