Navigate AI with confidence, not guesswork.

AI is moving faster than the rules around it. We help organizations govern their data and AI responsibly — so your people can make informed decisions with clarity, not fear. Vendor-neutral, privacy-first, and built around the people who have to live with the call.

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People first Software-agnostic, always Certified LGBTE business

Our approach

We don't create dependency. We build capacity.

Most advisors profit when you stay confused. We work the opposite way — we listen, reflect, plan, and engage, so your team ends up able to govern its own data and AI long after we're gone.

We listen first

Every engagement starts with understanding your people and your goals — not a templated checklist.

We stay vendor-neutral

We don't sell software. Our advice is shaped by what's right for you, never by a platform incentive.

We hand you the keys

Success means your team feels capable and in control — confident, compliant, and self-sufficient.

What we do

Five ways we help you decide with confidence

Every engagement starts with a decision you're trying to make — about privacy, AI adoption, or governance — not a methodology we're selling.

Signature

AI Governance & Compliance Readiness

"We're adopting AI everywhere — and we're not sure how to govern it."

We map your regulatory and privacy risk and hand you a concrete AI Governance Roadmap — ready for the EU AI Act, data protection law, and the fast-growing wave of state AI rules.

Core

Privacy Management & Data Protection

"We're not confident our data practices would hold up to scrutiny."

Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA), data governance frameworks, and ongoing program support — with deep specialization in sensitive data, AI data regulation, and third-party vendor AI vetting.

Core

AI Strategy & Responsible Adoption

"Vendors are pushing AI tools and we don't know what's right for us."

Software-agnostic guidance on tool selection, acceptable-use policy, and staff onboarding — advice that answers to your goals, not a sales quota.

Core

Capacity Building & Training

"We don't want to depend on a consultant forever."

Workshops, training, and leadership coaching that build real internal data and AI literacy. The heart of empowering your people to move forward on their own.

Growth

Data & Performance Intelligence

"We're drowning in dashboards but starved for real insight."

Analytics and KPI frameworks that turn data fatigue into decisions that serve your mission — on any platform you choose. Deep experience across the public sector and schools.

Curious where to start?

Every situation is different. Let's talk about yours — no pitch, no pressure.

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2026

A Decade of Evolution · An Unchanged Mission

Who We Are

We didn’t pivot to AI governance. We’ve been building the foundation for it for 10 years.

Data Ethics wasn’t born yesterday to catch a trend. A decade ago, our founder, Dr. Brandan Keaveny, established the firm to tackle a massive, systemic problem: organizations were drowning in data privacy, analytics, and governance struggles—the very challenges he had spent his career successfully navigating from the decision-maker’s chair.

Today, with the explosion of generative AI, those exact same structural fractures are reemerging. The technology has changed, but the fundamental risks to your data integrity, compliance, and privacy are identical. Because we’ve spent the last 10 years guiding organizations through these exact shifts, we don't have to guess how to anchor your team. We’ve been doing it all along.

"Empowering people to drive results."

That's not a tagline — it's how every engagement is run. The goal is never a report that sits on a shelf. It's a team that feels capable, informed, and in control.

IAPP CIPM 10 yrs of firm longevity 20+ yrs in data governance Privacy & AI specialist Lean 6 Sigma Blackbelt

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No pitch, no pressure. We listen first — then we figure out, together, whether we're the right partner for the decisions ahead of you.

accountability@dataethics.netEmail us — we read everything. (585) 270-1981Prefer to talk? Give us a call. Rochester, New York 100 S. Clinton Ave, 24th Floor, Suite 2429

Ready when you are

A 30-minute conversation can save months of guesswork.

Tell us what's on your mind — AI adoption, privacy, governance, or just “where do we even start.” We'll get back to you within one business day.

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