- COVID-19 has thrown organizations globally into a panicked frenzy as they attempt to adopt and scale operations to align with government recommendations and keep employees safe.
- Enforced data privacy best practices may contradict procedures that are implemented in the best interest of employees’ safety.
- Processes adapted as a part of crisis response and management may not always align with privacy regulations and laws (GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA).
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- An effective pandemic plan will be privacy-proof in order to support the future strategic direction of the organization. Don’t throw your privacy best practices out the window; be adaptable and create a repeatable process that is well-documented and well-circulated.
Impact and Result
- Don’t start from scratch. This research will allow you to leverage your current data privacy best practices and adapt them to align with your pandemic-ready operational changes.
- Understand how to collect what you need and disregard what you don’t. Reduce the amount of unnecessary personal data collected as a part of pandemic response operational changes.
- Enforce procedures to support your employees’ integration of these best practices and ensure the organization is in a place to recover and scale its data privacy management efforts moving forward.
Privacy by Design for Digital Marketing
Build a Data Privacy Program
Mature Your Privacy Operations
Fast Track Your GDPR Compliance Efforts
Secure Your High-Risk Data
Ensure Your Pandemic Response Plan Is Privacy-Proof
Comply With the California Consumer Privacy Act
Build an Effective Data Retention Program
Demonstrate Data Protection by Design for IT Systems
Tech Trend Update: If Digital Ethics Then Data Equity
Conduct an AI Privacy Risk Assessment
Prepare for PCI DSS v4.0
Comply With the California Privacy Rights Act
Comply With 2023 US Privacy Laws (Virginia, Connecticut, Utah, Colorado)