A Bermuda company has turned a compliance challenge into a new technology venture, launching an artificial intelligence-powered training platform to help fellow businesses prepare for the Personal Information Protection Act.

Lighthouse Medical Supplies has unveiled Adherio, a learning management system where compliance training meets AI-assisted course creation. Its first offering is a free online course to help Bermuda business train their privacy officers ahead of Pipa compliance requirements.

Mike Serebrennik, chief operating officer of Lighthouse Medical Supplies, said the idea grew out of the company's own preparations for Pipa, which came into effect on January 1. It requires all organisations in Bermuda that collect, use or store personal information to adopt strict data privacy policies, designate a privacy officer and respect individual data rights.

“As the COO and privacy officer for Lighthouse Medical Supplies, I recognised that as our organisation grows, those roles will eventually need to be separated,” he said. “I needed a reliable way to train a dedicated privacy officer, certify them and seamlessly track their ongoing compliance.”

Dr Serebrennik said he initially set out to create a single Pipa training course but found existing course-building software time-consuming and difficult to use.

“To solve this, I built my own system,” he said. “Once I inputted the core reading materials, I realised I needed a fast way to generate lesson summaries, practical study vignettes and knowledge-testing quizzes. That necessity led me to develop Adherio's AI-assisted authoring tools, originally just for my own convenience.”

He said the platform has since expanded into a stand-alone technology business focused on corporate education and compliance.

The inaugural Bermuda Pipa Training for Privacy Officers course is based on guidance produced by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and includes 33 sections covering about 11½ hours of material. While the course content is free to access, users can purchase a certificate, study guide and implementation toolkit for $99 after successfully completing the programme.

Adherio allows managers to assign courses, monitor employee progress through a compliance dashboard and export training records. The platform also includes AI tools that help organisations generate their own training materials using large language models.

Dr Serebrennik said Adherio is in an active pilot phase and is looking for Bermuda organisations interested in trying it out.

“We are officially opening our doors and accepting inquiries from Bermuda organisations who would like to pilot the platform as early adopters,” he said.

“We are eager to partner with local companies who want a streamlined way to train their staff on Pipa, as well as consulting firms or experts interested in using our AI tools to build and eventually sell their own courses.”

The company said its longer-term vision is to create a marketplace where businesses and consultants can publish proprietary training courses for other organisations to purchase.