Privacy Week Checkup

Happy Privacy Week! There are a lot of events and seminars to check out this week and one of the most robust is PrivacyOC's three-day marathon of panels and discussions: www.privacyoc.net. CPW team members will be speaking on digital advertising and data management. Check it out.

Another good way to give attention to privacy this week is to conduct a mini-assessment of your own privacy program. Here are five things to consider with an eye toward US privacy laws. We can make similar suggestions more tailored to other territories upon request.

1. Look back at 2021: Have you done an assessment of your 2021 data practices to address any material changes? If you have not yet implemented a privacy impact assessment (PIA) program, do so this year to make it easier to track changes. California, Colorado and Virginia will require PIAs in 2023 for high risk processing, and those states' new purpose limitations will effectively require them of all processing activities.