Notes from the IAPP Canada: Stop using privacy as an excuse, treat it as an enabler
At the IAPP Canada conference, speakers pushed back on the habit of using privacy compliance as a reason to block projects, arguing instead that privacy should be positioned as something that enables trust and innovation rather than shuts things down.
Why this matters: Privacy teams do get used as a veto. That is real. But so is the opposite problem: privacy framed as an enabler can quietly become cover for doing more with data, not less. The useful version of this argument is about building things people can trust. The convenient version is about clearing obstacles faster. Worth paying attention to which one your organization actually means.
Who should care: General readers · Privacy officers · Policy
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