Legal Data Intelligence: A Strategic Approach to Data Protection & Privacy Compliance

According to the United Nations, 79 percent of countries have data protection or data privacy legislation. Failure to comply with these regulations can lead to substantial fines, reputational damage, or both. In 2021, Luxembourg’s National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) fined Amazon €746 million for failing to comply with the GDPR. Across the pond, US attorneys general are increasingly active in the data protection space—for example, Google was hit with a $1.375 billion fine by the Texas attorney general for allegedly tracking and collecting user data unlawfully.

Organizations are under growing pressure to take appropriate measures to safeguard protected data. And today, as we enter the age of artificial intelligence, organizations will rely on protected information to train AI applications during development and proof-of-concept exercises.

Organizations must therefore not only meet legal and regulatory requirements but also maintain the trust of customers and data subjects whose protected information is used to develop, train, and deploy AI applications.

Building trust, acting responsibly and ensuring compliance with data protection and privacy regulations can be a competitive advantage. But that is easier said than done.

In many large organizations, internal and external subject matter experts and key stakeholders across functions are siloed. Colleagues working on data protection and privacy compliance often speak at cross-purposes. Building and implementing a proactive approach requires bringing a range of stakeholders—data protection, privacy, security, legal counsel, compliance, information technology, information and data governance, business strategy and development, AI governance, sales, marketing, and executive leadership—onto the same page.

A new white paper, “The Compliance Need and Strategic Value of the Legal Data Intelligence Model,” explains how LDI can help organizations drive efficient and sound compliance. Published by founding member Briordy Meyers, along with LDI Architects Joe Bartolo and Mike Kearney, the white paper explores LDI’s simple and common nomenclature and how it can help practitioners break down silos across functions and stakeholder groups to establish effective practices for managing sensitive data.