Minnesota Privacy
Consultants (MPC) helps multinational corporations and government
agencies operationalize their governance
of personal data. Founded in
2006, MPC counts among its clients organizations with revenues ranging
from $100 million to over
$100 billion in the financial services,
insurance, healthcare, pharmaceutical, government, retail, technology,
education, consumer services, information services, energy,
agribusiness, and manufacturing industries.
MPC brings three differentiators to the
market:
- Extensive research. We dig deep into
the data to provide clients solid, reliable advice. For
example, MPC maintains an unmatched inventory of publicized
data breaches that guides our assistance of clients
experiencing information incidents. We maintain a database
of Fortune 500 privacy and security policies, coordinate the
Privacy Metrics Pool, and sponsor the annual Best Privacy
Advisers survey. Through these initiatives, our clients
receive the most current thinking on data privacy.
- CPO experience. Chief privacy officers
routinely must balance budget constraints, opposing legal
requirements, cultural and bureaucratic barriers, and client
demands. Even experienced consultants who have never walked
in the CPO's shoes tend to offer theoretical and
unnecessarily comprehensive solutions. In contrast, MPC's
President is a former CPO of a Fortune 500 company. As a
result, MPC's solutions are targeted, practical, and
innovative.
- Low overhead and rates. MPC is designed
for the 21st century "flat-earth" marketplace. We maintain
no central office in order to maximize our security and
agility. Through the Privacy Consortium, we also tap into a
network of pre-qualified privacy consultants with offices
across all regions of the United States, Canada, Europe, and
Australia. Because we are everywhere but nowhere, we can
always beat the rates of the large consultancies and move
faster.
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Leadership
Jay Cline, President of Minnesota Privacy Consultants, is a former chief
privacy officer of Carlson Companies, IT management consultant at EDS,
and international trade-law expert in the U.S. Government. Cline, a
Certified Information Privacy Professional,
has held leadership
positions in the International Association of Privacy Professionals, is
a privacy columnist for Computerworld
and INSIDE 1to1: Privacy, and was
the winner of the 2005 Barbara Wellbery Memorial Award, an international
privacy essay
contest. His work has appeared in several business
publications, and he is a regular speaker on information risk
management.
In 2006, Cline founded the Twin Cities Privacy Network, (www.twincitiesprivacy.com),
the area's first privacy association. For a list
of Cline's articles and
presentations, click here.
In March 2009, Jay Cline
received the Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
"40 Under Forty" award.
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