Council of Chief Privacy Officers

The Council of Chief Privacy Officers (CPO) is a network of senior privacy executives from major organizations across a variety of industry sectors. It provides networking and research opportunities for chief privacy officers who are responsible for their organization’s privacy practices.

The role of the Council of Chief Privacy Officers is to:

• Provide a forum for dialogue about privacy and opportunities to tap into the implementation experience of others
• Look at the privacy compliance practices and experiences of other companies
• Benchmark best practices in privacy issues in Canada and other countries

Benefits of Membership

• Networking — a unique opportunity to discuss privacy best practices in Canada and globally from legal, governance and business process perspectives
• High-impact learning — designed to maximize sharing, learning and exposure to leading-edge and innovative experts, in a non-competitive, off the record environment
• Access — to Conference Board research specific to current and best practices in privacy and organizational excellence

Recent Themes or Topics

• Building a Culture of Privacy
• Privacy and Marketing: Finding the Right Balance for Business Growth
• Social Media and Privacy
• Security and Privacy - Working Together
• The Blurring boundary between Personal and Business - Ethical and Privacy Related Challenges
• Cloud Computing and Privacy