Corporate Compliance Insights

Many US companies still resist recognizing data governance and structured management as a value center, but the regulatory and technological landscape increasingly demands organizational discipline around digital assets. Howard & Howard's Rita W. Garry uses Oracle's mandate for the newly restructured US TikTok — storing 150 million users' data, retraining the algorithm without Chinese interference and maintaining secure gateways for global interoperability — to map fair information practices applicable across industries, from establishing data governance councils to vetting vendor integrity to creating empowered roles that measure digital asset value financially, reputationally and regulatorily.