EU AI Act Compliance for U.S. Companies
A lot of U.S. companies are going to misunderstand the EU AI Act until it is too late. They will assume it only applies to European companies. They will assume
July 3, 2026
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Alex Proctor is a privacy and data protection professional with 15 years of experience spanning healthcare, critical infrastructure, and other highly regulated industries.
With a strong foundation in cybersecurity, Alex brings a unique perspective to privacy and AI leadership. He led a cybersecurity consulting practice for half a decade and has led cybersecurity and privacy governance, risk, and compliance programs at a prominent EPC firm. He has also developed AI governance training resources used by cyber governance professionals globally.
Alex serves as the Chief Trust & Privacy Officer at Captain Compliance—a privacy technology startup dedicated to simplifying complex privacy challenges and reducing privacy risk. The company’s streamlined platform addresses cookie consent management, dynamic privacy notices, data subject request processing, and more.
Alex graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems (MIS). He holds numerous industry certifications, including the ISC2 CISSP and CCSP, as well as the IAPP CIPM, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, and AIGP.
Recognized by the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Alex also chairs the IAPP Detroit KnowledgeNet chapter. He fosters dialogue and knowledge-sharing within the privacy community.
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AI in Employment Decisions: Hiring, Promotion, Bias Audits, and State Law Risk
Artificial intelligence is already inside the employment process. It is screening resumes. Ranking candidates. Summarizing interviews. Drafting job descriptions. Scoring applicants. Analyzing video interviews. Matching people to roles. Reviewing performance.
July 1, 2026
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Alex Proctor
AI Vendor Due Diligence Checklist: What Companies Need to Ask Before Buying AI Software
Most companies will not build every AI system they use. They will buy it. They will subscribe to it. They will turn it on inside software they already use. They
June 30, 2026
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Alex Proctor
AI Impact Assessments: What Companies Need to Document Before Deploying AI
Most companies are moving too fast with artificial intelligence. They are buying AI tools, turning on AI features, connecting models to customer data, using copilots, launching chatbots, automating workflows, ranking
June 28, 2026
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Why Transparent AI-Era Privacy Notices Matter for Consumer Education
Artificial intelligence quietly is starting to power everything from personalized recommendations to autonomous decision-making, clear communication about data practices isn’t just a nice-to-have — it’s essential for rebuilding trust. As
June 26, 2026
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Alex Proctor
Gartner Says AI Governance Comes Before AI Hype
AI is moving faster than most organizations can govern it. That is the real warning behind Gartner’s latest comments on artificial intelligence. Companies are under pressure to deploy generative AI,
June 26, 2026
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Alex Proctor
AI Inventory: The First Step in AI Governance
Most companies do not have an AI governance problem because they built one powerful artificial intelligence system. They have an AI governance problem because artificial intelligence is already scattered across
June 25, 2026
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NIST AI Risk Management Framework
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework launched in January 2023 with language so carefully neutral it could have been written by committee — because it was. Two years later, something
June 24, 2026
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Alex Proctor
Data Embassies vs. Data Corridors: A Compliance Officer’s Guide to the Cross-Border Data Transfer Framework
Data embassies are one of the most discussed — and most misunderstood — concepts in global data governance. The term has circulated through trade negotiations, regulatory consultations, and enterprise cloud
June 24, 2026
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Alex Proctor
AI Governance Framework: How to Align with the EU AI Act, NIST AI RMF, and State AI Laws
Artificial intelligence is already inside your business. It may not be approved. It may not be documented. It may not be reviewed by legal, privacy, security, compliance, HR, or procurement.
June 23, 2026
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