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Introduction Over the last few years, privacy has become a term that has relevance for almost everyone in almost every context: be it an organization trusted with the information of their customers, governments monitoring citizens’ data in the name of national security or a consumer simply buying a pair of sneakers online. When we hear about privacy in the news, it is usually an incident related to online hackers or what is also known as a cyber attack. The message is usually the same: an individual that was lured into giving out their personal information, generally causing them great financial […]

When we hear about Privacy, different terms come to mind: breach, regulation, identity theft, exposure, risk. The one word I assure you will not immediately come to mind is “sexy”. When it comes to information privacy, we think of our right to keep our personal information safe, unused, undisclosed. We fear someone getting their hands on our information and use it to their advantage or worse, to our detriment. As businesses grow closer and deeper relationships with their customer base, what if they think of privacy management not as something they have to do because consumers, government or regulators demand […]