Richart Ruddie
Richart Ruddie: A Visionary Leader in Data Privacy
Richart Ruddie is a passionate advocate for data privacy and the founding superhero of Captain Compliance, with the mantra to build Captain Compliance into a global leading resource for organizations navigating the ever-evolving landscape of data protection regulations. With a deep understanding of the complex legal and ethical issues surrounding data privacy, Richart is an IAPP certified member based out of South Florida and after a successful career in the online public relations space has dedicated his career to empowering businesses to build trust with their customers and operate in a responsible and compliant manner.
A Trailblazer in Data Privacy
Richart’s foresight in recognizing the growing importance of data privacy when just 1 state privacy law existed led him to establish Captain Compliance to serve the growing need for help with privacy matters.
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DATA Texas Privacy Enforcement Is Escalating
Texas Privacy Enforcement Is Escalating For years, privacy professionals treated California as the center of gravity for U.S.
GOVERNANCE RISK AND COMPLIANCE VPPA Privacy Protections at Stake as Supreme Court Reconsiders Who Qualifies as a Consumer
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that could substantially expand the number of Americans eligible to sue businesses under the…
AI Most Companies’ AI Risk Comes From Tools They Bought. A Practical Plan to Manage It
Most of the public debate about AI regulation is about the companies that build frontier models.
AI Ottawa Bets CAD 1.6 Billion on Cohere. Sovereign AI Still Comes Down to Your Contract
Canada has decided that where its AI runs, and who controls the data flowing through it, is a question of national policy.
AI Quantum Was the Deadline. Now Regulators Are Asking Whether AI Gets to Encryption First
For a decade, the threat to encryption had a name and a rough date: a large quantum computer, probably in the 2030s.
THIRD PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT Britain Will Ask Who Pays When Insecure Software Gets Breached. Vendors Have a Year to Answer
For years, the British approach to insecure software has been to ask nicely.
DATA The FTC Wants to See the Math: What Its Nine Personalized Pricing Orders Ask Delta, Uber, Walmart and Others
The Federal Trade Commission sent nine companies a set of questions on October 28, 2026, and every one of them goes to…
AI The UK Uses AI to Summarize Asylum Interviews. A Watchdog May Now Look at How Well It Works
The UK’s borders watchdog is weighing whether to inspect how the Home Office uses generative AI to help decide asylum claims.
AI Norway’s Privacy Regulator Warns of ‘Digital Ghosts’: AI Agents That Outlive the People Who Built Them
An employee builds a small automation. An AI agent checks a case management system every morning, pulls new records, drafts summaries and…
NEWS House Democrats Ask Five AI Labs for 48-Hour Incident Alerts as the FTC Presses Anthropic to Testify
Three senior House Democrats have sent letters to five of the largest artificial intelligence developers asking for an account of past safety…
THIRD PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT GMO Internet Pays Every Customer After Desktop Cloud Breach: A Breach Response Case Study
A Japanese internet company is paying every customer of a hacked service, whether or not they lost money.
THIRD PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT Cathedral’s Test of Anthropic Went Through Third-Party Software. Here Is What That Means for Your SaaS Stack
A security start-up founded this year by former staff of the U.S.
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