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Placeholder note

Structure is real; the content is not written yet. [draft — Peter to write]

A privacy program is less a document than an operating rhythm. This note is the order I’d build one in if I were handed a company with none.

First, find the data

You cannot protect what you cannot see. Data mapping comes before policy, always. [draft — Peter to write] — the inventory, the systems interviews, the retention reality-check.

see also

The litigation notes are the failure modes this program is meant to prevent — start with the BIPA map.

Only once the map exists do notice, choice, and vendor terms have anything to attach to.

Then, the paper that has to be true

[draft — Peter to write] — the policy stack, the DPIA trigger, and the vendor-diligence loop.