New Year's Resolutions For Privacy Officers

With the holidays behind us and the new year upon us, privacy officers are sitting down and focussing on the annual privacy goals for their organization. Here is a list of resolutions for privacy officers to consider.

1. Draft robust privacy policies and practices. It is important to annually review your organization's privacy policies and practices and consider if they need to be revised. You want to make sure that they are accurate – many times, a policy is drafted, and when implemented, changes are made in the process without the policy being updated to reflect those changes. You want to consider if the policies and practices are being complied with, and if they aren't, determine why they aren't and what needs to be changed to ensure compliance. Does the policy need to be adjusted? Does more training need to be conducted?