Alex Proctor is a privacy and data protection leader with 14 years of experience spanning healthcare, critical infrastructure, and other highly regulated industries. With a strong foundation in cybersecurity, Alex brings a unique perspective to privacy leadership. He led a cybersecurity consulting practice for half a decade and has led cybersecurity and privacy governance, risk, and compliance programs at a prominent EPC firm.
Currently, Alex serves as the Chief Trust & Privacy Officer at Captain Compliance—a privacy technology startup dedicated to simplifying complex privacy challenges and reducing privacy risk. The company’s streamlined platform addresses cookie consent management, dynamic privacy notices, data subject request processing, and more.
Alex graduated from Oakland University with a bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems (MIS). He holds numerous industry certifications, including the ISC2 CISSP and CCSP, as well as the IAPP CIPM, CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPT, and AIGP. Recognized by the IAPP as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Alex also chairs the IAPP Detroit KnowledgeNet chapter. He fosters dialogue and knowledge-sharing within the privacy community.
FREE LIVE CLE CREDIT IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR IN-HOUSE COUNSEL (FRACTIONAL GCs, GOVERNMENT ATTORNEYS, & ALSP ATTORNEYS INCLUDED) AND SUBSCRIBERS TO IN-HOUSE CONNECT ON-DEMAND.
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This program is appropriate for newly admitted attorneys and experienced attorneys.
Privacy in 2026: New Laws, New Risks, Lawsuits You Can Avoid, and the Road Ahead
Event Description
As 2026 approaches, privacy risk is shifting again. New comprehensive laws are taking effect in multiple states, regulators are issuing fresh AI guidance with major privacy implications, and plaintiffs’ attorneys are testing novel theories under state and federal statutes. If you advise the business on privacy, you’ll need a crisp view of what’s changing—and how to stay ahead of enforcement and litigation. Back by popular demand following our webinar “Privacy Lawsuits & How to Avoid Them,” this session zeroes in on what in-house teams must know—and do—before January arrives.
Join us on Tuesday, December 9 at 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT as Alex Proctor,, Chief Trust & Privacy Officer at Captain Compliance breaks down the key 2026 developments and how to translate them into practical program updates and litigation risk reduction for your company.
What you’ll learn
- The 2026 state-law landscape: what’s taking effect, what’s expanding, and what matters most for in-house programs.
- How new AI-related guidance intersects with privacy governance, DPIAs, and vendor risk management.
- The latest plaintiff theories (wiretap, VPPA/CIPA, pixel/cookie tracking, biometric, geolocation) and how to blunt them before they’re filed.
- Building defensible consent, transparency, and retention practices that hold up with regulators and courts.
- Contract hygiene for 2026: updates to DPAs, adtech terms, and analytics/telemetry clauses that close common gaps.
- Practical playbooks: internal controls, documentation, and cross-functional workflows that reduce exposure without slowing the business.
Who should attend
This program is tailored for in-house legal professionals—GCs/CLOs, privacy and product counsel, compliance leaders who sit in Legal, and legal operations professionals supporting privacy, data governance, contracts, and risk—especially at companies operating across multiple U.S. jurisdictions or deploying AI-enabled products and analytics.
There is NO COST to attend this program!
This program is FREE, thanks to our gracious sponsor, Captain Compliance! If you can’t make it to the live program, the recording will be available for viewing via our paid CLE library, In-House Connect On-Demand!
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