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The Rise of Privacy Tech

The Rise of Privacy Tech is an initiative to bring together privacy tech founders, investors, experts, and advocates. Together, we fuel the rise of privacy innovation.

Our Mission

Our mission is to fuel privacy innovation and the rise of privacy technologies.

 

Our Vision

Our vision is a world where technology is designed and engineered with privacy in mind, serving humans and respecting their privacy.

Our Founder

Our Founder and Chief Privacy Tech Evangelist, Lourdes M. Turrecha, is a privacy and security strategist, entrepreneur, advisor, and reformed Silicon Valley lawyer. She has advised 100+ tech companies, startups, and global entities on privacy and data protection throughout her career.

She founded The Rise of Privacy Tech after observing the exciting developments in the privacy tech landscape and hearing from privacy tech founders, investors, fellow domain experts, and evangelists about their challenges and needs in this space.

Our Advisors

Michelle Dennedy

CEO & Co-Founder
PrivacyCode, Inc.

Fatima Khan

Sr. Counsel Privacy & Product
Okta, Inc. 

Melanie Ensign

Founder & CEO
Discernible, Inc. 

Debra Farber

Advisor
Privacy Tech Startups 

Gilbert Hill

Privacy Technologist & Entrepreneur 

TROPT Privacy Tech Visionaries Circle

Keith Enright

Chief Privacy Officer
Google

Stuart Lee

Chief Privacy Officer
VMware 

Ray Everett

Principal
PrivacyClue Consulting 

Barbara Lawler

COO & Senior Strategist
Information Accountability Foundation 

Barbara Cosgrove

Chief Privacy Officer
Workday 

Nishant Bhajaria

Director of Privacy Engineering
Uber

John Gevertz

Former Global CPO
Visa, Inc. & ADP Inc.

Jay Cline

Principal
PwC

K Royal

Lead Privacy Counsel
Outschool  

Ann Cavoukian

Executive Director
Global Privacy & Security  

Sharon Anolik

President/Founder
Privacy Panacea LLC

Jason Albert

Global Chief Privacy Officer
ADP 

JoAnn Stonier

Mastercard
Chief Data Officer 

Michelle Dennedy

CEO & Co-Founder
PrivacyCode, Inc.

Fatima Khan

Sr. Counsel Privacy & Product
Okta, Inc. 

Melanie Ensign

Founder & CEO
Discernible, Inc. 

Debra Farber

Advisor
Privacy Tech Startups 

Gilbert Hill

Privacy Technologist & Entrepreneur