A Day in the Life of a Chief Privacy Officer

Mike Jones is the Chief Privacy Officer at Randstad, an employment and recruitment agency for both temporary and permanent staffing. Randstad employs more than 5,700 internal staff in North America, generates almost $30 billion in global annual revenue, and maintains a presence in 38 countries.

Mike is also the Director of Global Privacy for Monster, a global company that connects employers and candidates that are searching for their perfect fit.

In this episode…

Does your company know the difference between privacy and security? What are the benefits of a dedicated Chief Privacy Officer? And, how can you improve both your data privacy and security in 2021?

Unfortunately, many people — even tech professionals — don’t know how to distinguish between privacy and security in a business. This often results in a company’s privacy and security departments being combined into an odd aggregation that no one really knows what to do with. If you want to avoid this problem in your business, you’re in luck! Chief Privacy Officer Mike Jones is here to discuss the differences between privacy and security — and explain once and for all why your company needs its own distinct privacy department in order to thrive.

In this episode of She Said Privacy/He Said Security, Jodi and Justin Daniels sit down with Mike Jones, the Chief Privacy Officer at Randstad, to discuss his strategies for managing your business’ data privacy. Listen in as Mike talks about his daily tasks and concerns as a CPO, the distinct variations between privacy and security, and how to understand — and keep up with — your state’s privacy laws. Stay tuned!