African implication of US Federal Financial Data Privacy Bill
Michael Irene
July 4, 2022
On the 23rd day of June 2022, a US representative in the House Financial Services Committee released a discussion of a financial data
Connecting privacy notices to internal company procedures
Michael IreneJune 6, 2022
There is the sense of data protection and the importance of privacy notices. In this week’s article, I start with a live
Understanding the data mapping exercise in data privacy
Michael IreneApril 11, 2022
There is the misconception held by most privacy professional that the essence of running a privacy programme is to have document
Automating the privacy function
Michael IreneApril 4, 2022
Privacy is a business function. That is a fact. Most business functions in companies are often automated. For example, the human
Understanding the delivery of a data privacy manager
Michael IreneMarch 28, 2022
As we enter an era where data privacy is quite a significant part of business processes, companies are wondering what they should be
Executive responsibility in data privacy expectations
Michael IreneMarch 21, 2022
In Bob Garratt’s book, The Fish Rots From The Head: The Crisis in our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent
Monitoring a privacy programme
Michael IreneMarch 14, 2022
Every privacy programme monitoring is key in every data privacy framework. The continual observation of the programme is pivotal in a
Pseudonymisation and anonymisation in data privacy
Michael IreneMarch 7, 2022
Most organisations in the bid to process archive data, or legacy data, ensure that they either anonymise data or, for data that might
Risk response and mitigation in data privacy
Michael IreneFebruary 28, 2022
Company XYZ’s customer contact centre sends out music a ticket containing address, name, payment information to an individual who is
Policy application and compliance in data privacy governance
Michael IreneFebruary 21, 2022
Policy serves as the foundation in any data privacy governance framework. It sets out the principles and rules that guide the