The debate within organizations over where their privacy function should be housed remains ongoing, Ampersand General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer Noga Rosenthal, AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, writes in an op-ed. Rosenthal said, “privacy touches everything — including security, human resources, IT, legal and compliance — but fully belongs to none.” She lays out the pros and cons of housing privacy within the security, technology, human resources and IT departments, before ultimately concluding privacy may be best suited within legal or compliance departments because “organizations (can) ensure the privacy function has access to legal counsel for interpretation when needed, while the privacy leader themselves can focus on translating those legal requirements into operational practice.”
Full story