"In an interview, Omer Tene, a privacy expert and IAPP's vice president of research and education, said it's not unique that government is cash-strapped and has fewer resources than the private sector, but it doesn't necessarily mean their focus on privacy is lower than other industries.
Tene also said regulated industries, like the financial and healthcare sectors, have well-established privacy programs and view their financial investments or healthcare services as primary assets, but consider personal or patient data as "secondary." That's not the case for unregulated industries.
"If you look at the Googles and Facebooks of the world, their business is based on monetizing personal information," Tene said. "I think they sort of more clearly see this as a primary strategic asset and concern or risk.""