Full Name
Michael Fitzpatrick
Job Title
Chief Privacy Officer, City of New York
Company
City of New York
Speaker Bio
Michael Fitzpatrick is the Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) of the City of New York.

As CPO, Michael leads the New York City Office of Information Privacy, and his responsibilities include advising the Mayor, Chief Technology Officer, and other senior officials on privacy protection in administration priorities, data sharing initiatives, and emerging policy areas, as well as response to suspected and known incidents involving identifying information. Michael also promulgates citywide privacy policies and provides guidance to New York City agencies on the lawful and responsible handling of identifying information.

Prior to his appointment as CPO, Michael served as Executive Agency Counsel and Agency Privacy Officer (APO) at the New York City Police Department (NYPD). As NYPD APO, Michael was responsible for leading the NYPD privacy program for its over 50,000 employees, serving as the NYPD privacy law specialist, and providing strategic advice across all functions of the agency on privacy issues and risk mitigation. Before serving as NYPD APO, Michael was an embedded Agency Attorney within the NYPD Intelligence Bureau where he advised complex criminal and counterterrorism investigations.

From 2021 to 2024, Michael was appointed by the United States Secretary of Homeland Security to serve on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, providing advice requested by the Secretary and DHS Chief Privacy Officer relating to privacy issues associated with the DHS mission.

Michael holds a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law, a M.S. from New York University in Cybersecurity Risk and Strategy, and a B.S. from Manhattan College in Business Administration.

Michael has been designated by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) as a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP) and is an IAPP Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM).
Michael Fitzpatrick