Adriana Sanford, Founder & CEO, Data Privacy Help, LLC.

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• Advise on data privacy laws and regulations, including GDPR and CCPA, among others, and ensure compliance with these laws across the organization.

• Develop and implement privacy policies and procedures, including data retention policies, data breach response plans, and vendor management policies.

• Conduct privacy impact assessments (PIAs) and advise on privacy implications of new products, features, and initiatives.

• Assist in drafting and negotiating privacy and data protection provisions in contracts with vendors and customers.

• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including information security, product, engineering, and legal, to identify and mitigate privacy risks and ensure privacy-by-design principles are applied to new products and features.

• Conduct privacy training for employees and provide guidance on best practices for handling personal information.

• Monitor privacy-related legislation and regulatory developments and advise on potential impact.

• Draft and update privacy notices and disclosures for customers and employees.

 Adriana Sanford, J.D., dual LL.M., is a world-renowned award-winning global threats expert, former Fortune 10 regional counsel, author, university professor, humanitarian, and Chilean-American international TV commentator, who appeared regularly as a CNN Español analyst on privacy and cyber-related breaking news to 93+ million viewers.  Her research and scholarly work focus on today’s multijurisdictional privacy and global security challenges that include severe repercussions for non-compliance, such as hefty fines, criminal liability, and possibly even physical danger. She provides some of the keynote addresses at the world’s top technology, cyber, legal, audit, and compliance industry conferences, including for the SuperConference 2019 sponsored by the Association of Corporate Counsel on issues of importance to in-house counsel, such as the multi-jurisdictional practice of law. Sanford also delivered the keynote address at ISACA's Latin America Computer Audit Control and Security Conference in Mexico City. She is multilingual, fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese, and has a working knowledge of Italian.

For over a decade, Sanford has distinguished herself by educating executives, thousands of college students, and the public at large on cybersecurity and global privacy laws. With multiple law degrees and fluency in four languages, she has served as a keynote speaker at more than 150 industry conferences throughout the United States and Latin America. Sanford obtained her law degrees from Georgetown University Law Center and the Notre Dame Law School. She serves remotely as Of Counsel for one of Chile’s leading law firms, has assisted companies with building privacy programs, and has provided privacy training to employees in Mexico, Panama, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic, and Guatemala. Sanford currently serves as the Executive Director of ISSA-LA and previously served on the Board of Directors of Amnesty International USA and as a member of the World Economic Forum’s Advisory Committee. 

In 2019, she received the CSWY Cybersecurity Woman Law & Privacy Professional of the Year Award. As a former Assistant General Counsel for a financial institution, she has experience in regulatory compliance and cross-border transactions. As a former LATAM Regional Counsel and US Commercial Law Counsel of a Fortune 10 company, she has significant experience in a range of legal areas, including contracts, intellectual property, employment law, and corporate governance. 

Sanford served as the lead author of two books on business ethics, cybersecurity, and global threats. The books, Business Ethics: A Guide to Surviving Storms, Challenges, & Ethical Risks and Ética Empresarial, were made available through the ISACA bookstore and were adopted by the Institute for Supply Management for their centennial anniversary. She also serves on the board of several charitable organizations, and currently serves as Executive Director of ISSA-Los Angeles. Sanford previously served as a delegate to the APEC CEO Summit in Chile, on the board of directors of Amnesty International USA, and as an advisor to the World Economic Forum. 

Sanford has been featured in “Women in Security: Changing the Face of Technology and Innovation,” which is part of The Springer Women in Engineering and Science book series.  Recently, she was featured by Top Cyber News Magazine, the International Enforcement Law Reporter (IELR), and the March 2023 edition of Cyber Security Tribe, as part of the lead-up to International Women's Day (IWD).