Alex Proctor
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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Three States Push Bold New Frontiers in AI Regulation and Privacy Protection
As artificial intelligence continues to evolve at breakneck speed, U.S.
DATA The Complete Data Inventory Playbook: How to Map What You Hold, Prove What You Know, and Stay Ahead of Every Privacy Law That’s Coming
If you asked a typical business leader what personal data their company collects, you’d probably get an answer somewhere between “the usual…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA California’s Customer Records Act: Data Privacy, Data Security and Breach Liability Risks
The California Customer Records Act (CRA), codified at Civil Code §1798.80 et seq., is a foundational state data security statute that requires…
From Privacy Policies to Machine-Readable Governance: Rethinking Data Control in the Age of AI
The privacy notice was never designed to be read by the systems it governs.
GDPR The UK ICO Signals a Major Shift on Online Advertising, Consent Fatigue, and the Future of Cookie Rules
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has opened the door to one of the most important changes in online advertising regulation since the…
AI When the Voice Isn’t Real but the Legal Risk Is: AI Governance in the Creative Industries
Synthetic voices, AI-generated likenesses, and deepfake performances are forcing a reckoning across entertainment, advertising, and media — and the legal frameworks scrambling…
U.S. Warns Europe Its AI Sovereignty Push Could Trigger a Transatlantic Tech Trade Clash
The growing fight over artificial intelligence is no longer just about innovation, regulation, or cybersecurity.
AI California’s SB 53 and New York’s RAISE Act Mark the New Frontier of AI Governance
For the last several years, artificial intelligence regulation in the United States has lived mostly in hearings, policy papers, voluntary commitments, and…
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE Michigan Social Security Number Privacy Act
The Michigan Social Security Number Privacy Act (SSNPA), enacted as Public Act 454 of 2004 and codified at MCL 445.81 et seq.,…
Supreme Court Takes Up FCC Privacy Enforcement: A Defining Moment for Data Accountability in the U.S.
The United States Supreme Court’s recent oral arguments in the high-stakes dispute between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and telecom giants AT&T…
MIT AI Risk Navigator: A Comprehensive Interactive Platform for Mapping and Managing AI Risks
The MIT AI Risk Navigator (airi-navigator.com) is a groundbreaking interactive web tool that unifies multiple datasets from the MIT AI Risk Initiative…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA The Law Is Clear. The Companies Knew. They Ignored It Anyway.
There is a particular kind of corporate lawbreaking that is, in some ways, more troubling than the brazen kind.
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