International Association of Privacy Professionals-EY Annual Privacy Governance Report 2015

The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and EY endeavored to survey a broad spectrum of organizations across the globe to document the stage of privacy governance. They found that privacy professionals earn well, are trained in law, business and technology, influence a broad swath of departments across their organizations and are increasingly part of strategic management teams. At the same time, privacy programs clamor for additional resources and seek more sophisticated and efficient technological tools to monitor, manage and protect data flows in their organizations.

The data, via nearly 800 completed surveys, reveal several important trends, including that government programs report low budgets and staff shortages and a focus on compliance and prevention of data loss. Government privacy officers regularly deploy privacy impact assessments and interact with records management departments.