Data governance isn't a plugin; it's a discipline. I bridge the gap between your Leadership, Legal, and Technical teams to map data flowing through your organization, minimize your liability, and prepare you for new tech integrations.
80% of customers feel "stalked" by hyper-targeted ads. If your marketing relies on third-party data and behaviorial tracking, you aren't just annoying customers, you are damaging your brand reputation before a breach even happens.
Most companies fail at governance because their departments speak different languages. Legal speaks liability. IT speaks code. Leadership speaks profit.
I work between all three.
I interview your stakeholders (HR, Marketing, Ops) to uncover "Shadow Data" and map exactly where data flows in your organization.
I don't just find problems; I identify high-risk processes and document the necessary mitigations to satisfy auditors
Once the work is done, I don't leave you with a PDF. You receive a 1-Year License to the Erumía Platform ($499 Value). Your maps, risk assessments, and vendor logs are hosted in a sovereign vault that you control. No vendor lock-in. Total ownership.
I conduct 1:1 interviews with your department heads. With dynamic department-guided templates we capture the reality of your data flow, not just the theory.
I analyze your stack and flag any vendors who claim ownership of your data. We identify personal data that serves limited business purpose to your goals. I create mitigation strategies with your tech and legal departments and provide detailed reports for your records.
I am Nick Patrick, a Digital Strategist with experience managing corporate websites since 2009. My experience wasn't learned in a classroom; it was forged in some of the most data sensitive industries in the economy.
($300/mo minimum)
Most service providers charge expensive retainers for extensive services that may be unnecessary. Instead, I focus on preventative maintenance. You don't have to protect what you don't collect.
Delta Dental suffered a data breach due to an exposed email account between the months of March 2025 to April 2025. This breach potentially exposed the personal identifiable and personal health information of more than 145K customers.
Some of the potential information exposed includes
The breach potentially affected a wide range of personal data, including:
California’s new Data Broker Enforcement Strike Force is targeting the data broker industry, ramping up efforts to protect consumers under state privacy laws like the CCPA and the Delete Act. This move follows a record-setting sweep of enforcement actions against data brokers who fail to register or comply with transparency rules.
Delete Act: Starting January 2026, California will offer its residents the ability to delete all of their data from registered brokers with one request. Data brokers must check requests every 45 days, and will be audited every three years.
My services are great fit for customers that fall into two key buckets. Nice to Have, and Need to Have.
Nice to Have: You are dedicated to ensuring that your users are protected. You want to build privacy by design frameworks so that if you have the unfortunate experience of a data breach, the data exposed was of little to no value/unreadable.
Need to Have: You collect large datasets from consumers through a high-traffic website, such as a digital community, software tool, or e-commerce site. Your team may be small; however, given the amount of consumer data you collect and store, you may still meet state regulatory thresholds.
My data mapping and assessment platform is built for organizations to self-manage their data governance. Most GRC platforms are built for technical teams, they lack user-friendly experiences across departments and have blindspots to how data is truly collected, where it stored, and who has access.
Erumía uses department-specific templates to track what tools and data your staff needs to complete their jobs, identifies what your hired external vendors do with data collected on your behalf, and keeps record of what roles need to have access. All without storing sensitive PII.
Not exactly. Cybersecurity is the alarm system and locks (preventing break-ins). Governance is the blueprint of the house (deciding where the valuables are stored). I am the Architect who ensures you don't store your crown jewels in the guest room.
My services: The location scouting and interior designing. In a digital world this includes understanding your business model, what you're looking to achieve, and the best quality data to collect to provide a top of the line customer experience. I help you prevent unnecessary hoarding and clutter (collecting inadvertent personal health information, or children's data), or sharing sensitive information (customer credit card and social security numbers) to third-party vendors.
Cybersecurity: The alarm system and video cameras that protect the products, customers, and building 24/7.
No problem! I maintain relationships with multiple cybersecurity, IT, and legal professionals. If I encounter risks your team is unable to manage, I can provide options for experienced vendors that can secure your systems and execute the mitigation strategies.
