Headspace Health Secures Personal Data in SDLC with Privado

How Headspace prevents accidental data sharing by integrating Privado into their SDLC

Headspace Health has partnered with Privado to govern privacy in their software development lifecycle (SDLC) and for example, make sure they are not sending any non-compliant personal data to marketing partners.

As Headspace Health continues to grow and democratize access to mental healthcare to the masses, they know they must increase their investment in protecting customer privacy.

Headspace CISO, Punneet Thapliyal, was recently featured in BizClick Media’s digital report in the Technology & Cyber Magazine to highlight their approach to building a culture of privacy awareness.  

“Mental healthcare is one of the domains where privacy is super important for everybody, including our patients, user members, and clinicians and coaches. Everybody in the company is highly aware and sensitive about preserving privacy.” Puneet Thapliyal, CISO, Headspace Health

In today's advertising technology landscape, companies running digital advertising work with an increasing number of marketing partners that collect data from their websites, apps, and backend systems. While sending data to to these marketing partners is essential for measuring and optimizing marketing campaigns, it also introduces significant data privacy risks. 

Headspace has built a dedicated team who continuously assesses third-party risks in their products. They've recently deployed Privado's privacy code scanning solution in their SDLC to detect privacy risks in their code before they go live. Privado automatically classifies all personal data Headspace collects and identifies all third parties receiving personal data.

"There has recently been a lot of focus in the media on apps that are doing nefarious things. We don't want to be in that business at all – that's not where we are. But we need to still build the tools to prevent any accidental sharing or tracking. So that's where Privado comes in as a big partner, for us, structurally built into our SDLC, and we're very excited about how our partnership will shape up in the future.” Puneet Thapliyal, CISO, Headspace Health

"We're happy to partner and support the growth of Headspace Health in democratizing access to mental health care globally. We're committed to helping them get complete, real-time visibility into the data flows of their products and to helping them scale their privacy initiatives." Vaibhav Antil, CEO, Privado.ai

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