Michael-Irene
Michael Irene is a data and information governance practitioner based in London, United Kingdom. He is also a Fellow of Higher Education Academy, UK, and can be reached via moshoke@yahoo.com; twitter: @moshoke

A World Economic report opines that personal data is the new oil. As such, companies want to generate this “new oil” in massive

Data governance can contribute to the making and breaking of any company. Yet, many company stakeholders rarely pay close attention to

There is a saying in information governance “what you don’t know might be what will hurt you”. In other words, without a good

There are many ways that an information governance system can collapse many ways, where even the finest of governance systems/tools

There is a saying in data protection speak, “don’t keep what you don’t need.” As simple as that may sound, many companies keep what

Parker and Braithwaite define governance in The Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies as something “intentional” which shapes events for

In last week’s article, I gave a granular description of data privacy by design and shared the foundational principle. In this

Ear-my-eyes’ is an app that allows users to stream music free. They gather data of users and use those particular data sets to

To fully manage risk within an organisation and to track the mitigation strategies, a focused approach is required. Most organisations

After the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR) in Europe, individuals realised the power given back to them.