Michael-Irene
Michael Irene is a data and information governance practitioner based in London, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK, and can be reached via moshoke@yahoo.com; twitter: @moshoke

Privacy is a business function. That is a fact. Most business functions in companies are often automated. For example, the human

As we enter an era where data privacy is quite a significant part of business processes, companies are wondering what they should be

In Bob Garratt’s book, The Fish Rots From The Head: The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent

Every privacy programme monitoring is key in every data privacy framework. The continual observation of the programme is pivotal in a

Most organisations in the bid to process archive data, or legacy data, ensure that they either anonymise data or, for data that might

Company XYZ’s customer contact centre sends out music a ticket containing address, name, payment information to an individual who is

Policy serves as the foundation in any data privacy governance framework. It sets out the principles and rules that guide the

Whilst it’s good to have an information and data governance framework within an organisation, it is important to pay close attention

Organisations often underestimate the importance of understanding risk appetite, tolerance, and capacity in their information

In a few past articles, I discussed the importance of having the right information governance framework in an organisation. I have