Bringing structure, clarity, and confidence to your privacy operations.
The Privacy Deck helps modern organizations build, manage, and scale privacy programs that work not just on paper, but in practice. From GDPR and CCPA to AI governance and Privacy tools integration, we support privacy leaders and lean teams in making compliance operational, understandable, and future-ready.
Whether you’re launching a new program or optimizing an existing one, we help you build a privacy case that secures cross-functional collaboration and moves your organization beyond checklists into true operational clarity.
Our Core Offerings
Foundation & Discovery
ROPA Audits – Recertify or rebuild your Record of Processing Activities for accuracy and alignment
Data Flow Mapping – Understand where personal data lives, moves, and why
Gap & Risk Assessments – Benchmark against global frameworks like GDPR, CPRA, and PIPL
Operational Design
DSAR Fulfillment Automation – Build streamlined access & deletion processes using Privacy tools or custom workflows
Vendor Risk Management – Assess and operationalize third-party data responsibilities
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) – Embed risk reviews across projects and systems
Enablement & Governance
SOP Development – Standardize workflows across teams and tools.
Internal Playbooks & Champion Training – Empower stakeholders to embed privacy into daily operations.
Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) – Embed risk reviews across projects and systems.
Policy & Notice Updates – Translate legal obligations into human-friendly guidance.
Emerging Tech & AI Governance
AI Risk Mapping – Identify and assess privacy risks tied to automated decisions
Governance Advisory – Support on how to integrate privacy into AI product pipelines or vendor evaluations
DeFi Privacy Governance – Help DeFi projects manage privacy exposure across token distribution, community tracking, DAO transparency, and exchange listing requirements
Insights
What Sets Privacy-Forward Vendors Apart During Due Diligence
Designing Consent that Keeps Trust and Conversions
About The Privacy Deck
A growing challenge in today’s fast-moving, data-driven world is meeting complex regulations while keeping teams aligned and operations running. Most privacy programs don’t fail for lack of intent, they fail for lack of structure and execution.
Stephen Michael, a global privacy strategist and executive operator, founded The Privacy Deck to make effective privacy solutions more accessible. Built on years of hands-on experience, The Privacy Deck delivers tailored strategies and operational clarity to help businesses move from policy to practice and build privacy programs that last.