Serious Privacy
For those who are interested in the hottest field in a technology world. Whether you are a professional who wants to learn more about privacy, data protection, or cyber law or someone who just finds this fascinating, we have topics for you from data management to cybersecurity to social justice and data ethics and AI. In-depth information on serious privacy topics. This podcast, hosted by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien, features open, unscripted discussions with global privacy professionals (those kitchen table or back porch conversations) where you hear the opinions and thoughts of those who are on the front lines working on the newest issues in handling personal data. Real information on your schedule - because the world needs serious privacy. Follow us on BlueSky (@seriousprivacy.eu) or LinkedIn
Episodes
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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal discuss the topics of the week, Age Verification, Technical controls vs Educational controls, Freedom of speech and censorship, Greek, Italian and ICO enforcement, and yet more data breaches!
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While we generally don't shy away from politics when it comes to data protection and privacy rights, the conflict in Gaza is not a topic that we would quickly raise on the podcast. Unless data protection plays a role, which it now does.
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal enter a dimension not seen before on the podcast - a plea for human rights rel...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal talk about a slew of breaches and what to do if your data is breached.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy...
This episode covers a week in privacy which feels light and refreshing. Listen to co-hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal. Topics include an emergency ban in Italy about publishing images about an autopsy, Germany's actions involving Meta, Poland's enforcement on a McDonald's data breach, UK's collaboration with OpenAI, UK's enforcement against spam/spoof scam calls, age-...
With Dr. K Royal off to Vegas, this week it's Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting catching up for the Serious Privacy podcast on all of the news. Two big topics this week: the hidden-until-now data breach of the UK ministry of Defence in Afghanistan and the mess that was the WeTransfer terms update (official blog post, Paul's Linkedin post). The guys also talk about this piece in the New Y...
With Paul away, Join K and Ralph on a riotous discussion of personal integrity and what positions we can work with and for - with regulators and industry cross pollinating individuals and resources. Can regulators remain ethical and independent, when we rely on skills and abilities for industry?
Also, a week of news in Privacy and Data Protection with a round up of EU, UK, US and beyond news, cases, regulations and st...
Please join us for our 250th episode, celebrating 5 and a half years of privacy, data protection, cyber law education and hot topics with hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and ema...
On this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal connect with the Honorable Monique Priestley, Vermont Representative (website https://moniqueforvermont.com/). The topic - the Age Appropriate Design Code Act (VAADCA) just passed!
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect on a week in privacy - almost too much to cover, so it’s a little long. Mainly we talk about the UK Data Use and Access Bill, the third extension of TikTok’s required sale, Meta deploying ads to Whatsapp, and noyb suing two data protection authorities over delayed investigation and enforcement. Lastly, big sho...
It's been a while since we last talked about cross-border data transfers, but that does not mean that all issues have resolved themselves. And while the focus may still largely be on the EU-US relations for data transfers, the core developments actually relate to the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules.
Therefore, on this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal ...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth is away so Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal bring you a full docket of privacy news. And it is a doozy of a week!
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app a...
On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O'Brien catch up on recent activity in the world of purveyors, data protection, and cyber law.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriouspriva...
On this week of Serious Privavy, Paul, Ralph, and Dr. K catch up with Akhi Srivastava, an experienced tech leader to discuss strategy and state of the digital world (as himself and not as any of the company's he's worked for then it now).
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, and Dr. K Royal (Ralph O’Brien was traveling), we cover a wild wrap up of privacy activities, including Tom Kemp as the newly appointed head of the California Consumer Privacy Protection Agency, and a wide sweep of enforcement actions including Roku, Honda Motor Company, National Public Data, Tom Snyder, plus class actions against Insomnia and Pill Pack, and a repriman...
On this episode of @SeriousPrivacy, hosts Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal (Ralph wasn' able to join us in DC) catch up with Tahu Kukutai, Professor, The University of Waikato; Jade Makory, CIPP/E, CIPM, CIPT, FIP, Legal and Advocacy Director, Data Analytics Kenya, and Privacy Expert, PwC (on Sabbatical); and Shana Morgan, AIGP, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, Global Head of AI / Privacy, L3Harris Technologies - just after th...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect to cover a week in privacy as Paul Breitbarth is away. This weeks shorter episode includes a guide to what’s coming up from Serious Privacy at IAPP summit in DC, a penalty from the UK ICO, EDPB draft Guidance on blockchain, state laws, enforcement actions, and more!
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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal have a short week in privacy (a lot about #Meta and children using #AI) along with some updates on the IAPP #GPS25 where we learned that it was all about the people, such as our friends at TrustArc, Ben Siegal, Dan Solove, and so many others. Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring!
We are a little late this week, but with good reason: Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal were attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. and bring you their report from the Opening General Session of the conference. The speakers during this session were professor Lawrence Lessig, Hans Peter Brøndmo and Catie Cuan, each reflecting on 25 years of IAPP and what is next for us privacy professionals. Apparent...
On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect with Darren Abernethy of Greenberg Traurig to discuss all things #cookies and #trackers.
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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien, and Dr. K Royal make it personal. They talk about their own mental health in light of busy workloads and global developments, whether privacy related or not. And they talk about the 23andme bankruptcy and what that means for personal data, as well as a fine issued by the Jersey Data Protection Authority..
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