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Emerging Issues in Privacy

By Amy Glasscock posted May 18,2016 03:53 PM

  
I recently attended the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Summit in Washington, DC. Wow. Along with thousands of my newest privacy professional friends, I spent a couple of days listening to engaging sessions about various aspects of privacy and thinking big thoughts about data protection. Companies have been in the privacy game for a while now. Big companies have certified privacy professionals. Privacy in state government, while incredibly important, isn't as much of an evolved institution. 

While at the summit, I got together with a couple of privacy professionals from state government, but it was literally just a handful. As far as we can gather, only four states have enterprise-level Chief Privacy Officers, while other states seem to have people working on privacy as part of their job or working on privacy at the agency level. 

Here at NASCIO we see this issue emerging. We recently started the Privacy and Data Protection Working Group as a subcommittee of our Cybersecurity Committee and our first few calls have been very active with a lot of interest. 

We are also planning an exciting panel on data protection with three of our nation's state CPOs at the NASCIO Midyear Conference

Want to get more involved in privacy? Ask me about joining the Privacy and Data Protection Working Group. Our next call is May 25.
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