About
Governance that gets implemented.
We turn privacy, data protection and responsible AI requirements into governance that works.
We combine privacy, business and legal perspectives to assess risk, establish accountability and build governance that holds under pressure.
Governance should support responsible business decisions — not exist only as documentation.
How we work
Four principles behind every engagement.
01
Understand
Start with how the organization actually operates.
02
Prioritize
Focus on meaningful risk, not unnecessary complexity.
03
Implement
Turn requirements into usable policies, assessments and processes.
04
Sustain
Leave governance the organization can keep operating.
Experience
Our work covers
- Fractional Privacy Officers for multinational organizations
- International privacy and AI governance programs built and operated
- Cross-border data sharing and transfer agreements
- Privacy breach events across multiple jurisdictions
- Privacy assurance and program assessments
- PIAs, DPIAs and Records of Processing Activities
- DSAR and individual-rights governance
- Vendor and third-party privacy
Credentials & Institutional Engagement
Expertise grounded in recognized practice.
Practitioner credentials, hands-on experience and engagement with privacy and AI governance standards.
Recognized expertise.
Closson leadership holds credentials in privacy, data protection and responsible AI governance.
CIPP/E
IAPPCertified Information Privacy Professional / Europe
European data protection law and practice, including the GDPR's accountability, lawful-basis and transfer requirements.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
CIPP/US
IAPPCertified Information Privacy Professional / United States
United States privacy law and regulatory practice across sectoral and state frameworks.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
CIPP/C
IAPPCertified Information Privacy Professional / Canada
Canadian federal and provincial privacy law and regulatory practice, including PIPEDA and provincial privacy legislation.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
CIPM
IAPPCertified Information Privacy Manager
Operational privacy program management: governance structures, assessments, metrics and day-to-day privacy operations.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
AIGP
IAPPArtificial Intelligence Governance Professional
Responsible AI governance: risk review, accountability structures and controls across the AI lifecycle.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
FIP
IAPPFellow of Information Privacy
Recognition of combined privacy law, management and technology credentials with practitioner experience.
Held by a member of Closson leadership.
Professional certifications are held by individual members of Closson leadership and should not be represented as organizational accreditation of Closson Advisory.
Standards & professional engagement.
Closson is developing participation in privacy, AI and digital-governance standards initiatives that complement the professional credentials and practical experience of our team.
Standards & Governance
In DevelopmentEngagement with Canadian and international privacy, AI and digital-governance standards initiatives.
Standards participation being developed.
Our approach is informed by leading frameworks.
Established privacy, AI risk and accountability frameworks inform our work.
AI governance
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
Risk-based approaches to identifying, assessing and managing AI risk.
These frameworks inform our methodology. They are not certifications, accreditations or endorsements, and no framework body has approved or certified Closson Advisory.
Standards provide structure. Implementation makes them useful.
Recognized principles ground our assessments, operating processes and accountability.
Affiliation
Closson + DevLaws.
Closson Advisory is affiliated with DevLaws, an Ontario law firm.
Closson focuses on privacy and AI governance, compliance operations, assessments, implementation and training. Where legal advice or representation is required, clients may separately engage DevLaws or work with their existing legal counsel. Legal services provided by DevLaws are subject to a separate engagement.
Turn requirements into an operating structure.
Tell us where privacy or AI obligations are outpacing your current processes. We will tell you plainly what it takes to bring them into order.
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