From Policy to Practice: Real Talk on Operationalizing Data Protection

Writing the Data Protection programme is the easy part. Making it run is where the stories start.

Every Data Protection program looks good on paper. The real test is operationalization: turning policies and legal requirements into workflows, owners, and habits that hold up when the business is moving fast. Our panelists have built Data Protection and Privacy programmes in-house, advised organizations on them, and seen most of the ways a solid plan stalls once it meets real life.

TrustArc’s Ryan Boos moderates a candid conversation with K Royal and Ralph O’Brien, co-hosts of the Serious Privacy podcast, about what it takes to operationalize Data Protection, for real benefit. To build cool things without hurting people. If you’ve listened to the show, you know what to expect: sharp takes, real stories, and nothing off the table. Bring your questions. They’ll bring the war stories.

We’ll get into:

• From policy to practice: How seasoned teams turn legal obligations into repeatable tasks with clear owners.
• The ends not the means: Where organisations have gone wrong, in creating defensive documentation rather than actionable protection measures
• Data Protection in the workflow, not after it: How to build data protection checkpoints into engineering, vendor, and business processes so they don’t feel like a detour.
• What they’re hearing in the field: The operational challenges, workarounds, and fixes coming up in conversations with privacy leaders.
• Audit-ready without the panic: How mature programs perform actions not just keeping evidence.

Register now and leave with practical ideas for moving your program from plan to practice.

This webinar is eligible for 1 CPE credit.

Webinar Speakers

Ryan Boos Field Privacy Specialist, TrustArc

K Royal Global Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy General Counsel, Crawford & Company

Ralph O’Brien Principal and Founder, Serious Privacy & Data Protection Limited