Microsoft announced at an April 2024 IAPP conference a preview offering called Microsoft Priva. Described as a platform that helps organizations automate how they handle and deal with personal information, Priva aims to “streamline compliance across on-premises, hybrid and multicloud environments.” https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-priva

Episode 179 explores Priva as a measure of where we are on data privacy infrastructure in mid-2024. Organizations collect, process, use, share, and sell vast amounts of personal data - and are sometimes hacked for it. Legal compliance and minimizing/mitigating data breach and other risks are demanded of businesses large and small. But the system that an organization uses to handle personal data is not just for attention by its attorneys and insurers. It is the foundation of building trust with customers and other members of a company’s community. As Microsoft says, “Building customer trust is about commitment to empowering individuals to have control over their own data,” and “Protecting privacy is not just a legal necessity - but a pathway to value from the wealth of data at an organization’s disposal.”

Consider how privacy can be designed into an organization’s IT system and how an offering like Priva can provide a coherent means of taking these steps:

• Conduct a privacy assessment

• Assess privacy risks

• Conduct tracking scanning

• Manage consents

• Automate subject rights (individuals) requests.

The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw).