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2021 Gold Medal Award
AWARD CITATION
The group is recognized for exceptional leadership and outstanding technical capability in developing the world’s first framework for managing privacy risk. The group achieved consensus on a flexible and voluntary framework that enables organizations to protect individuals’ privacy while embracing the beneficial uses of data and encouraging technical innovation. This groundbreaking approach has resulted in the framework’s rapid global adoption by Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, governments, and organizations across diverse economic sectors.