Data privacy has moved well beyond an operational concern and is now firmly a board-level issue, shaped by rapid data growth and an increasingly complex global regulatory landscape. This Data Privacy Model is designed to help boards and senior leaders step back and evaluate how well their organizations truly understand, govern and protect personal data. This tool helps surface gaps that may not be visible through traditional cybersecurity or compliance reporting alone by encouraging discussion around business purpose, transparency and accountability.

Rather than focusing on technical execution, it guides meaningful governance conversations. It addresses the realities of managing compliance across jurisdictions, aligning legal agreements and cross-border data transfers and ensuring that privacy protections keep pace with evolving risks. For organizations navigating expanding privacy expectations from regulators, customers, investors and employees, this tool serves as a practical starting point. 

Questions include:

• Do we know what data we have and where it is?
• Are we on top of the compliance requirements to which we are subject?
• From a privacy compliance standpoint, do we know what our stress points are?