Privacy by Design
Privacy by design is about creating a consistent framework and approach whereby you proactively embed privacy into the design and operation of your IT systems, applications, and business practices by default. Privacy by design importantly, isn’t just about securing data however, it’s also about keeping the interests of the individual uttermost in the design thinking.
Privacy by design takes the view that the future of privacy in a digitally driven society cannot be assured solely by compliance with regulatory frameworks; rather, privacy assurance must ideally become an organisation’s default mode of operation.
Taking a privacy by design approach is an essential tool in minimising privacy risks and building trust. Designing projects, processes, products or systems with privacy in mind at the outset can lead to benefits which include:
Potential problems are identified at an early stage, when addressing them will often be simpler and less costly
Increased awareness of privacy and data protection across an organisation
Organisations are more likely to meet their legal obligations and less likely to breach
Actions are less likely to be privacy intrusive and have a negative impact on individuals
It can be a competitive advantage or differentiator to build ‘trust’ with your customers.
Our Approach
ThreeBlackCats recognise that no two organisations are the same and in fact many typically do not have privacy by design embedded across the business or struggle with late privacy engagement.
Our privacy by design approach, provides you with a pragmatic, business relevant framework. We leverage privacy by design principles to assist the application of privacy within an organisation but are not rigidly wedded to them. Privacy by design should not compromise business goals. Basically, you can have privacy, revenue, and growth. You’re not sacrificing one for the other.
Our Privacy by design services are consultative by nature, designed to work with you to understand your business, how personal information is utilised and what your typical ‘information lifecycle’ looks like. Only then do we develop the approach to apply the privacy by design principles across your information lifecycle in a manner to support the business and how it operates both now and, in the future, be that agile driven, cloud based, outsourced etc. This is customised to maximise the opportunities for your business.
We also ensure any compliance obligations are factored into the framework taking both domestic and international requirements into consideration.
