Businesses have a data-privacy compliance challenge.
More privacy laws mean increasingly complicated and costly regulatory risks for companies that collect, use, or store personal data. As a result, businesses need privacy professionals to mitigate these risks. And some laws, including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), require the appointment of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to oversee compliance and liaise with regulatory authorities.
This creates a staffing challenge. Fully qualified privacy professionals are hard to find, and existing internal resources may not have the expertise or independence to satisfy the GDPR’s strict DPO requirements.
But there’s a solution.
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