More than a year after their joint statement calling on social media companies (SMCs) to protect personal information on their platforms from unlawful data scraping, an expanded group of global privacy authorities has outlined progress so far.

When organizations first embark on their journey to implement data and AI governance, a common misconception is that tools are the solution. A shiny data catalogue, an advanced metadata repository, or a state-of-the-art data quality tool often becomes the goal rather than the means.