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Our mission

At Privio, our mission is to make privacy and compliance clear, human, and actually doable.

We help growing organizations (especially in healthcare!), protect data, reduce risk, and stay compliant without fear, fluff, or endless legal jargon.

Privacy shouldn’t slow you down or keep you up at night. We’re here to translate complex regulations into practical guidance, real-world solutions, and tools you can actually use, so you can focus on your work, not worrying about fines, audits, or what that vendor might be doing with your data.

Privacy. But human.

Core values

1. Human First, Always

Privacy impacts people before it impacts policies. We lead with empathy, clear communication, and an understanding that real businesses operate in the real world, not in perfect compliance bubbles.

2. Clarity Over Confusion

We believe privacy should be understandable. Honest guidance, plain language, and transparency at every step.

3. Practical > Perfect

Perfect compliance is a myth. Practical, defensible, risk-aware privacy programs are not. We focus on solutions that fit your organization, your budget, and your reality.

4. Expertise Without Ego

We bring deep experience and stay current without the egos of office politics.

5. Build It to Last

Privacy isn’t a one-time checkbox. We design programs, policies, and tools that grow with you and actually hold up over time.

More About Me: Julia @ Privio

President and CEO

MBA | JD | LLM

Hi, I’m Julia, the founder of Privio. 👋

I’ve spent my career working at the intersection of healthcare, privacy and compliance, helping organizations protect sensitive data while still getting real work done. After years of seeing privacy treated as either an afterthought or a fear-driven checkbox exercise, I started Privio to offer something better.

I believe privacy should be practical, defensible, and most importantly, human.

I’ve worked closely with healthcare organizations and regulated businesses to navigate complex requirements like HIPAA and beyond, translating regulations into clear, actionable steps that actually fit how teams operate day to day.

At Privio, my approach is grounded in experience, clarity, and partnership. I help organizations understand their risks, prioritize what actually matters, and build privacy programs that are sustainable, not overwhelming.

More About: Tom @ Privio

Fractional CPO and Counsel

JD | LLM |Esq.

Tom brings serious depth in privacy operations, regulatory compliance, and risk management (the kind that comes from actually doing the work, not just talking about it). He doesn’t just understand privacy on paper; he understands how it plays out in real organizations, with real people, real systems, and real risk.

As a seasoned employment law attorney licensed in both California and Florida, Tom also brings valuable cross-disciplinary perspective to the table. That means clients get more than privacy advice: they get practical, legally informed guidance at the intersection of workplace issues, data protection, and governance. Translation: fewer silos, fewer surprises, and far fewer “we didn’t think about that” moments.

At Privio, Tom supports clients through privacy audits, program build-outs, vendor risk reviews, and ongoing compliance leadership as a Fractional Chief Privacy Officer. He helps organizations move from reactive to ready without unnecessary complexity, legal jargon overload, or panic-driven decision-making.

Calm, strategic, and highly effective, Tom helps clients get privacy right the first time… and sleep better because of it.

Why Hire Privio?

Privacy isn’t optional anymore. But hiring a full-time privacy executive “just in case” isn’t realistic either. That’s where Privio comes in.

We give you executive-level privacy leadership without the executive-level salary or the 47-page memo no one reads.

What We Actually Do (In Plain English)

Privio helps your business understand what data you collect (and why you probably don’t need half of it), reduce legal and regulatory risk without turning your operations upside down, respond calmly when something goes “uh oh”, and build privacy programs that grow with your business, not against it.

Why Privio Is Different

We believe that should support your business, not slow it down or make everyone hate forms.

You get fractional CPO leadership without the full-time hire, clear priorities instead of endless “best practices”, advice you can actually implement, and a partner who translates legal requirements into human language.

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