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Strong privacy and governance practices are no longer optional but are essential. As regulations evolve and organizations handle more data than ever, we help ensure that data is collected, used, and protected responsibly. Without a clear privacy or governance strategy, organizations face legal risk, reputational harm, and costly operational gaps. We leverage proprietary solutions, advanced analytics, and proven change management tools to partner with clients on strategy, implementation and capability building – and everything in between.
At Meru Data, we provide expert guidance to help organizations navigate complex privacy requirements, strengthen governance foundations, and operate with confidence. Our consultants turn privacy challenges into clear, actionable strategies tailored to your needs. Our approach focuses on simplifying privacy and governance, reducing risk, and creating long-term value by delivering efficiency and cost-effective solutions.
What makes Meru Data different is our commitment to true operational solutions. We work directly with your teams to build processes that function in your organization's operations. Integrate privacy seamlessly into your daily operations with our privacy team a dedicated group of skilled professionals ready to manage your ongoing compliance needs, even without a full-time internal expert. Our solutions bridge the gap between strategy and execution. By aligning people, processes, and technology, we help you manage and create privacy and governance practices that are unique to your business.
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Privacy Program Development
We help organizations build strong, scalable privacy programs that align with regulatory requirements and business goals. Our team conducts comprehensive gap and maturity assessments, prepares organizations to meet regulatory requirements and develops the policies, procedures, and governance structures needed to operationalize privacy by design. Whether you’re starting from scratch or advancing your current program, we create a roadmap tailored to your privacy needs.
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Privacy program development and assistance.
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Gap and maturity assessments.
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Regulatory and compliance advisory.
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Privacy by Design integration.
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Policies and frameworks development and assistance.
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Organizational privacy training.
AI Governance Strategy and Infrastructure
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As organizations adopt artificial intelligence and automation, strong governance becomes essential. We help build AI governance frameworks that promote responsible, transparent, and accountable use of advanced technologies. Our services include
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AI governance framework development/assistance.
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AI policies and controls development.
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Transparency, Bias, Fairness, and Risk assessments for AI use cases.
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Ensure AI aligns with organizational policies and ethical guidelines.
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Provide strategy around the use, risks and impact of AI.
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Create and conduct vendor risk assessments for AI providers.
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Risk Management
Data driven work culture and increased use of AI are creating both opportunities and challenges for organizations. AI is transforming almost all process in the customer journey. Increasing complexity of the tech ecosystem significantly increases third-party/fourth-party risk by exposing deep interdependencies and straining traditional risk management methods. As risks are increasingly driven by complex network of factors privacy teams must break down traditional silos to manage the impact of common risk drivers in an as a cross-functional group.
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Information Governance
We ensure your organization manages data responsibly, consistently, and in alignment with business and regulatory requirements. We help establish clear policies, data ownership, and governance frameworks that improve data quality, strengthen privacy practices, and enhance visibility across your organization. By standardizing how data is classified, stored, accessed, and retained, we enable teams to reduce risk, streamline operations, and confidently use data to support business goals.
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Information Governance Framework Design and assistance.
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Data Lifecycle & Retention Program management.
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Structured/Unstructured Data Governance Support.
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Data Minimization
Data minimization is a core principle of privacy, helping organizations limit the collection, storage, and use of personal data to only what is necessary for a specific purpose. We work with you to identify unnecessary or outdated data, simplify how information is collected, and put clear retention and deletion practices in place that meet regulatory requirements. By applying data minimization, we help lower privacy and security risks, streamline compliance, and build trust with customers.
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Data Minimization, classification, and data quality management.
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Streamline data lifecycle workflows for stronger compliance and governance.
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Reduce privacy and security risks by minimizing overall data exposure.
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AI Audits
Our AI Audit services provide a comprehensive evaluation of how artificial intelligence is designed, deployed, and governed within your organization. We assess AI systems for compliance with emerging regulations, alignment with ethical standards, and adherence to principles such as fairness, transparency, accountability, and privacy. We help organizations strengthen their AI governance, reduce regulatory and operational risk, andrisk and build trust in your technology.
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AI Bias and Large Language Models (LLM) Audits.
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Evaluate compliance with AI regulations and industry standard.
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Reduce operational risk from AI technology.
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Agentic AI
Agentic AI systems require proactive data management as these systems are autonomous and possess self-learning capabilities. Integrating privacy by design is the only way to ensure guardrails for security, privacy, and ethics are embedded into the AI's operation by introducing strong data management practices to avoid issues before they arise. Agentic AI systems require continuous monitoring of data flows to detect anomalies, and enforce policies in real-time, preventing issues before they escalate.
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Embedded Ethics and Privacy by Design
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Continuous monitoring and reporting.
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Introducing adaptive controls and human in the loop mechanisms
