With the European Commission calling for Big Tech companies to share data with smaller rivals, our Data Protection Officer, Ken Mortensen, offers Verdict his thoughts on the proposal. In this article, Ken warns that before any changes occur, organisations must review and reduce the personal data they hold, in order to avoid sanctions for non-compliance. Additionally, as enterprises look beyond compliance to drive competitiveness, the issues of trust and ethics will be crucial to the success of businesses.
Ken Mortensen
Data Protection Officer Global Trust and Privacy, InterSystems.
As an attorney and engineer, Ken Mortensen is a privacy and security professional with over 20 years of legal and over 30 years of IT experience. Based in Cambridge, Mass., Ken currently leads Global Trust and Privacy at InterSystems as the Data Protection Officer. He works globally across the company to enhance information privacy, governance, and cyber risk processes. Before InterSystems, Ken served in a number of chief privacy and security roles at PwC, CVS Health, and Boston Scientific.