{"id":212333,"date":"2026-02-11T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/data-classification-key-to-unlocking-ai-says-north-carolinas-privacy-chief\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T12:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:20:08","slug":"data-classification-key-to-unlocking-ai-says-north-carolinas-privacy-chief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/data-classification-key-to-unlocking-ai-says-north-carolinas-privacy-chief\/","title":{"rendered":"Data classification key to unlocking AI, says North Carolina’s privacy chief"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data classification key to unlocking AI, says North Carolina’s privacy chief<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-02-11 12:01:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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As North Carolina readies its data to work with artificial intelligence, the state\u2019s chief privacy officer said properly identifying that data is the critical first step to the state realizing AI\u2019s full potential.<\/p>\n

Martha Wewer, who has held North Carolina\u2019s chief privacy officer position since last May, following the departure of Cherie Givens last February, said her office is working on a data classification project that will help the state better identify its data, aiding AI efforts. Data classification or identification, which she described as \u201cknowing exactly what data you have, where it lives and how sensitive it is,\u201d is important, she said, as it enables privacy and security controls, including one of the biggest risks to data privacy.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always joke with folks that no one is as passionate about data classification as I am, and I think that really, truly is the largest risk right now as we move towards more artificial intelligence in everything that we do,\u201d she said in an interview.<\/p>\n

She said that while the state is doing a good job of protecting its data, proper classification will help the state and its agencies to understand which data is usable with an AI tool, which data might need to be aggregated or anonymized and which datasets have high enough quality that the state can trust their use.<\/p>\n

Wewer also noted that the project is important to state leadership: North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein last fall signed an executive order creating a statewide artificial intelligence framework, an AI leadership council, an AI accelerator at the Department of Information Technology and oversight teams in each agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur governor has said that he wants to build safe and trustworthy AI use within the state, and being able to identify our sensitive data and being able to label it so that we don\u2019t have any potential data leakage is really my highest priority, and we have made a lot of steps to get to the point where we can start…<\/p>\n

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