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Serious PrivacyA rip roaring week in privacy with Paul and KSend us a textJoin us for a rip-roaring week in privacy on this episode of Serious Privacy, where co-hosts Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal (Ralph O'Brien is off this week) cover quality, not quantity - although there is no shortage of current events. 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.eu. Rate and Review us! From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our i...
2025-12-1033 minSerious PrivacyA week in Privacy with Paul and RalphSend us a textJoin us on this episode of Serious Privacy, as Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien present the breaking news and hot events in data protection and privacy while Dr. K Royal was out this week. Tune in for a great discussion and catch up! 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.eu. Rate and Review us! From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey...
2025-10-2936 minSerious PrivacyThe Tash Dash: a mini marathon on data protectionSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Dr. K Royal connects with Tash Whitaker to cover all things top of mind in data protection. Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien were out, so Tash and K hit the microphone unfettered! Join us as we discuss DSARs, AI, and more - in the run up to the Privacy Space in London in less than a month away. 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...
2025-10-2342 minSerious PrivacyIdeas about IDsSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, talk about the UK's plans to introduce a mandatory digital identity card. This is not the first time a proposal for mandatory ID has come up in the UK, and Ralph has thoughts about it. Paul on the other hand is a little surprised about the uproar, since mandatory ID has been introduced in the Netherlands many moons ago.UK Government press release"‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards" - The Guardi...
2025-10-0834 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Programs with a Touch of Magic (with Paul Iagnocco)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal speak with Paul Iagnocco, Head of Customer Enablement at our sponsor TrustArc. Apart from catching up, the team speaks with our guest about the development and maintenance of data protection compliance programs, especially in this time where AI is becoming more and more important. Links:Linkedin AI training settingsSRB v EDPS on pseudonymous data (C-413/23) If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky unde...
2025-10-0138 minSerious PrivacyBreaches and Terms: which mess is bigger?Send us a textWith 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 York Times Wirecutter on disappearing from the internet. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn an...
2025-07-2336 minSerious PrivacyVermont for Kids! and lots of other cool privacy thingsSend us a textOn 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.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is...
2025-07-0236 minSerious PrivacyData Makes the World Go Round (with Noël Luke)Send us a textIt'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 connect with Noël Luke, chief assurance officer at TrustArc. She joined TrustArc in 2015 and is responsible for overseeing and enhancing TrustArc’s robust...
2025-06-1833 minSerious PrivacyConstitutionally Unconstitutional or is it? (Prof. Wayne Unger)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal interview with Wayne Unger, a #constitutional scholar and Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University. They delve into recent #U.S. #political events under the new administration. The discussion covers the legality of #executiveorders, implications for #privacylaws, #birthright #citizenship, #TikTok, and concerns about retaliation for political speech. Insights are shared on the broader impact of these issues both domestically and internationally.00:00 Breaking News: Italian Regulator Blocks DeepSeek02:41 Introduction to This We...
2025-02-1236 minSerious PrivacyFrom Renovations to Resolutions: 2024 Recap (see ya' in 2025)Send us a textIn this final episode of the year, hosts Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O’Brien discuss the highlights of the fifth season of the Serious Privacy podcast, reflecting on the pivotal moments in privacy throughout 2024. They share insights into their favorite episodes, the progression and challenges within global privacy laws, and personal milestones. The hosts also predict what to expect in the privacy landscape in 2025, including advancements in legislation and regulations. As they sign off for the year, they extend their best wishes for the new year and invite listeners to pr...
2025-01-0143 minSerious PrivacyOpening Day at the GPASend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal along with esteemed co-host and colleague Ralph O’Brien bring you the opening day of the #GPA (Global Privacy Assembly) in #Jersey. We set up a table in the common room and snagged passing celebrities to join us for some open conversation, such as Paul Vane Information Commissioner at Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner, and forever favorite Ron de Jesus. We discussed some of the challenges of travel, some fascinating sessions, such as Paul’s with four teen girls...
2024-11-1545 minSerious PrivacyA week in privacy politics (with Ralph O'Brien and Marie Penot)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a week in privacy, including election outcomes in the UK with Ralph O’Brien and France with Marie Penot. We also discuss the overturning of Chevron in the US with the recent US Supreme Court decision in Loper and the global privacy enforcement network has come out with the results of their 2024 sweep. We also mention a little about Texas, Oregon, and the faltering US federal privacy law. Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing. If you have co...
2024-07-1837 minSerious PrivacyThe man, the myth, the legend - Ron de JesusSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal hosted the world’s first Field CPO, Ron deJesus. We talk about how he got into privacy, Trevor the treasure of IAPP, Ron’s field trip to talk to other CPOs, what it’s like to be a regulator vs. in-house, and so much more - including the IAPP #LGBTQ party at #PSR in September so exciting! And what we are hoping to see also at the #GlobalPrivacyAssembly in Jersey in October…. As well as some recent news in #privacy...
2024-07-1141 minSerious PrivacyThe Fun and da Mental part of Privacy - Data InventoriesSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of discuss a fundamental part of a successful privacy / data protection program - data inventories or mapping - records of processing activities. We also switched it up on you a little... Paul asks his very first unexpected question. 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.eu. Rate and Review us!
2024-05-0440 minSerious PrivacyThe Big U.S. State Law Overview (with Joanne Furtsch)Send us a textYou have been promised this episode for months, but finally at the end of the year, on this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal give you an overview of the U.S. State Law developments in 2023. What are the most important parts to understand State consumer privacy laws and how do you comply with them? Luckily, Paul and K don’t have to do this all by themselves, but they can rely upon the expertise of Joanne Furtsch, VP Privacy Knowledge at TrustArc. I...
2023-12-1745 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Biz and Liz (Liz Denham)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Liz Denham, who was appointed to the Jersey Data Protection Authority and is also the new Chief Strategist at the Information Accountability Foundation. Liz has quite the extensive career in privacy leadership and discusses developments in the field with Paul. This one also features some information on some friends of K in a band who are touring Europe right now, Stone Senate. Also, remember, registration is open for next year’s Global Privacy Assembly in Jersey. ...
2023-12-0134 minSerious PrivacyAll messed up and places to go: a week in privacy plus Brussels (with Amit Ghadia)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal bring you a different format, comprising separate updates along with Paul’s conversation with Amit Ghadia, a lawyer and a certified Global Data Protection Officer and trainer based in Nairobi with an office in Oxford, UK. 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.eu. Rate and Review us! From Sea...
2023-11-2231 minSerious PrivacyNorway is Nuts about Meta: The Urgency Ban with Tobias JudinSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Tobias Judin, the Head of the International Section at the Norwegian DPA and Co-Chair of the International Enforcement Working Group of the Global Privacy Assembly. Tobias has a background in law and informatics, which lends itself well to the recent investigations and actions by the Norwegian DPA. On 27 October 2023, the European Data Protection Board made a big decision. The urgent request from the Norwegian DPA to enforce a processing ban for Meta’s personalised advertising practices was en...
2023-11-0934 minSerious PrivacyA Nordic Smörgåsbord - Live from NPA23 Part IISend us a textOn 26 and 27 September 2023, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal attended for their first live podcast recording. But of course that was not the only recording they made during the Nordic Privacy Arena 2023. During the breaks and after the conference, K and Paul also interviewed some people, and those interviews you hear today. First up is Allan Frank, IT security specialist at the Danish Data Protection Agency, who talks about the Google Chromebook investigation. Next is Nils Ingdahl, the DPO for the Church of Norway. After that, you’ll hear a recorded se...
2023-10-1248 minSerious PrivacyA long week in Privacy with Paul and Dr.KSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss a lot of events in a long week of privacy as they lead up to attending the Nordic Privacy Arena, including The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ordering Meta to stop personalized advertising, Fairplay and the Center for Digital Democracy (calling for investigation related to Google ads and COPPA), Gatekeepers, China, S. Korea, SmartCars, Mozilla’s study on connected cars, OpenAI’s enterprise offering, and more. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Inst...
2023-09-1340 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Popcorn with Paul and KSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal share a healthy serving of privacy popcorn featuring India’s new law, Georgia's new law, Meta news, Argentina and Kenya and Worldcoin, China, NIST Cybersecurity Framework call for comments, and more, including California's adequacy decision from the Dubai International Financial Center. 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.eu. Rate and Re...
2023-08-1734 minSerious PrivacyA good week in privacy with Paul and Dr. KSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, powered by TrustArc, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal sum up recent developments in privacy, including Meta's intent to change its legal basis and offer Europeans a choice, a notable breach in the United Kingdom involving a former politician Nigel Farage and a CEO resigning due to a breach, a TikTok decision about its practices with minors, new U.S. state privacy law, and the If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy...
2023-08-1035 minSerious PrivacyMega Meta Privacy (Romain Robert and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, vice president for Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum, and Romain Robert, Program Director and lawyer at NOYB to discuss the new landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Meta v Bundeskartellamt, where the Court not only decided that competition authorities can use data protection when deciding on the potential abuse of a dominant market position, but also made some important calls on online advertising. Plus, Paul adds in...
2023-07-1849 minSerious PrivacyWorking hard for the money: Privacy in the DIFC (with Lori Baker)Send us a textWhile Dr. K Royal is traveling, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki turns our attention to the Middle East for this episode of Serious Privacy. He speaks with Lori Baker, the Vice President Legal & Director of Data Protection for the DIFC Commissioner’s Office. The DIFC - the Dubai International Financial Center - has a special status in the United Arab Emirates and therefore also their own data protection law, going back to 2004. Paul and Lori talk about data protection in the Emirates, how the legislation compares to other laws we kn...
2023-06-2937 minSerious PrivacyA non-earth shattering week in privacySend us a textIt's travel time again, so Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal just chat among themselves about some developments in the world of privacy and data protection. They look ahead at the Meta fine that was supposed to be coming shortly (and has now been announced: $1.2 billion in fines and a serious compliance order - more here), you'll get an update on the U.S. state law developments and some AI developments including a vote on the EU AI Act, and Paul goes on a rant on DPA transparency... If y...
2023-05-2536 minSerious PrivacyA busy week in privacy with Paul and Dr. KSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool bring you a recap of a very busy week in privacy. Earlier this week, we released a special episode on the UK data protection and digital information bill. But today you get the episode we actually intended for you this week, a regular weekend privacy episode, including information on the #Thingy, cookie banners, BCRs, and more.Resources discussed: IAPP state privacy law trackingHusch Blackwell state privacy law trackerTexas federal decision abortion fundsTexas lawsuit by five w...
2023-03-1639 minSerious PrivacyA week in Privacy with demonstrations, FTC, Meta, and more!Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool discuss some of the hottest privacy news - spanning the Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal by FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson (R) who has indicated her intention to resign to the Netherlands’ outlawing social media posts to the mounting opposition to the EU-US Data Protection Framework (the Thingy”). Paul put it very well in this IAPP article "With the EPDB's opinion on the framework weeks away, I think the Parliament's resolution is very timely, and might also infl...
2023-02-2240 minSerious PrivacyWe're Back and already loving Season 4Send us a textIn the first episode of season 4 of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool welcome season 4 launching on Data Protection / Privacy Day 2023! From current events, to laws, to breaches, to SCCs - we probably covered it all! Paul even challenged ChatGPT to describe our season 1.The Serious Privacy podcast, by TrustArc, season 1 covered a variety of core topics related to privacy and data protection. Some of the key topics discussed in season 1 include:Overview of key privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPAThe role of A...
2023-01-2856 minSerious PrivacyThis is the Year that Was (Season Finale 2022)Send us a textOn the final day of 2022, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool, look back at the year 2022 - a year where a lot has happened. In the season three finale of Serious Privacy, they discuss some of the highlights of past episodes. In 2022, Paul and K made 45 Serious Privacy episodes, this one included, bringing our total to 139. They have had 25 guests, 4 conference reports, five episodes with Ralph O'Brien as co-host and one crossover episode with the Data Diva and Privacy Please podcasts. And all this content was good f...
2022-12-3145 minSerious PrivacyBrussels Dispatch: Medical Data Challenges (from the My Data Trust Summit)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool talk about health data and medical research. Paul recently attended the 10th Summit of MyData-Trust, a Belgium-based consultancy company, where he interviewed a number of people, including on the European Health Data Space. K, as a former nurse, adds her views to the conversation. Speakers:Mark Jones (UCB)Mathilde Faure (My Data Trust)Roxana Albu (EORTC)Filip Karan (European Public Health Alliance)As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know...
2022-12-1633 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Space Superheroes @ Privacy Space (Richard Merrygold, Claire Archibald, Rowenna Fielding, and Tash Whitaker)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool change it up a little. Paul attended Privacy Space in the UK and took the opportunity to record short interviews with Richard Merrygold of iStorm, Claire Archibald with Education Data Hub (@edudatahub), Rowenna Fielding (@MissIGGeek) at Miss IG Geek Ltd, and Tash Whitaker, an external DPO superhero - some of our favorite names in privacy / data protection. As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc a...
2022-11-1626 minSerious PrivacyCatching Up is Hard to do - a week with Paul and KSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Dr. K Royal of Outschool returns from vacation and catches up on the privacy activity with Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki. It seems like it was a quiet few weeks, but the more they talk, the more there is to catch up on.Paul and K talk about the Microsoft Digital Defense Report, posted by a colleague Victoria Beckman with Microsoft, the EU Agency for Cybersecurity Threat Landscape Report (not reviewed yet), the agreement between the data protection authorities of S. Korea and France for cooperation, t...
2022-11-1134 minSerious PrivacyPressing Matters to be Forgotten (with Chris Docksey)Send us a textWhile Dr. K Royal of Outschool is enjoying a well deserved vacation, Ralph O’Brien is joining Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki for a Serious Privacy conversation with Chris Docksey, the honorary Director General of the EDPS. Chris is also a member of the data protection authority in Guernsey and a visiting fellow at Maastricht University. During this episode, Ralph and Paul talk with Chris about the right to be forgotten, and the implications it has on local journalism. Chris has previously written about this for the German Verfassungsblog, raising concerns about the...
2022-11-0240 minSerious PrivacyOn Revelations and Doing What's Right (with Barb Lawler)Send us a textWhile Dr. K Royal of Outschool is enjoying a well deserved vacation, Ralph O’Brien is joining Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki for a Serious Privacy conversation with Barb Lawler, the CEO of the Information Accountability Foundation and winner of the 2022 IAPP Vanguard Award for North America. Barb has a long career in privacy and was, among other things, the first Chief Privacy Officer at Hewlett Packard. She spend many years in the same role at Intuit. At the IAF, Barb is involved in the foundation’s contributions to the global legislative debate on priv...
2022-10-2643 minSerious PrivacyPaul, K, and Sam: The real and raw side of privacySend us a textOn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool have a rare moment to share philosophies about privacy, with a touch on some current events. Hear what they have to say about new professionals moving in to privacy, what courses to take or skills to have, and how experienced professionals transition into privacy. It’s raw. It’s real (and it includes Sam Elliott).As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seri...
2022-09-2339 minSerious PrivacyCatching up on a Month in Privacy with Paul and Dr. KSend us a textThis episode of Serious Privacy, Dr. K Royal of Outschool and Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki, brought to you by TrustArc, connect after Paul’s vacation to catch up on what is happening in the privacy world. And there are updates to be had! They discuss Turkey, India, and the US along with recent decisions, such as Criteo. Along the way, they touch on privacy notices, the “thingie,” (otherwise known as the replacement for the EU-US Privacy Shield) and some prviacy office operational challenges, such as privacy notices, budget, risk-based approaches, and age appropriate design...
2022-08-1739 minSerious PrivacyNo Lunch, All Learn: Canadian Bills (with Lauren Reid)Send us a textThis episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool connect with Lauren Reid, a privacy and digital ethics consultant and president of The Privacy Pro in Toronto. Listen as Paul and Dr. K connect on all things current in Canada, especially related to C27, the newest proposal to update PIPEDA - following up from C11, which failed to pass in the previous election year.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@tr...
2022-07-2336 minSerious PrivacyWhat do Internal Monologues and Republicans have in Common? Serious Privacy (a week in privacy with Paul and K)Send us a textThis episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool meet to discuss some recent events in the privacy and data protection world, such as the proposed American Data Protection and Privacy Act, as the hearings, featuring comments presented from Caitriona Fitzgerald, Deputy Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC); David Brody, Managing Attorney, Digital Justice Initiative, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law; Bertram Lee, Senior Policy Counsel, Data Decision Making, and Artificial Intelligence, Future of Privacy Forum (FPF); Jolina Cuaresma, Senior Counsel, Privacy & Technology Policy
2022-06-2235 minSerious PrivacySo Intense: At the IAPP Data Protection IntensiveSend us a textThis episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool is a little different than the norm as the IAPP hosted its first Data Protection Intensive: Nederland 2022. Although K could not attend, she and Paul discussed a couple of substantive questions he could ask to [unsuspecting] participants. And those interviewees were quite knowledgeable. They comprise Bart Voorn, Helen Graham, Jose Belo, Zach Foote, Monika Tomczak, Vanessa van Kuilenburg, and Wanne Pemmelaar.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Tw...
2022-06-1537 minSerious PrivacyAll about those Borders + more: A week in privacySend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, recorded on the anniversary of the GDPR (watch the recent webinar), Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool catch up on the past week or so in privacy. What exciting things - or not so exciting things have happened. Most seem to be in the area of cross-border transfers. Join us as we discuss some history with the GDPR, with a light mention of Connecticut’s new privacy law, Quebec’s Bill 64, and People’s Republic of China’s PIPL (register for the upcomi...
2022-06-0137 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (with Shay Sharon)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool take some time to review recent events in the privacy / data protection world. This week, this means they cover the Connecticut Act concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act - the PDPOM… Paul has a cool name for it. Connecticut’s act passed on May 10, 2022 and takes effect July 1, 2023 - along with CPRA and Virginia on January 1, 2023; Colorado also on July 1, 2023; Utah on December 31, 2023 Please also see the recent state laws webinar from TrustArc and the state...
2022-05-2536 minSerious PrivacyA week in privacy with Paul and K (CT, Roe v. Wade, and Leaky Data)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool take some time to review recent events in the privacy / data protection world. This week, this means they cover the Connecticut Act concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act - the PDPOM… Paul has a cool name for it. Connecticut’s act passed on May 10, 2022 and takes effect July 1, 2023 - along with CPRA and Virginia on January 1, 2023; Colorado also on July 1, 2023; Utah on December 31, 2023 Please also see the recent state laws webinar from TrustArc and the state...
2022-05-1843 minSerious PrivacyCybersecurity, Warfare, and Women (w Victoria Beckman)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal connect with Victoria Beckman, the lead over Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit for the Americas and an award-winning woman in cybersecurity. Victoria is a former law student of K’s at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University and they both wound up in privacy-related fields. Of course, Victoria’s route to her current role was quite indirect, including a background in engineering.We focus on a recent special report by Microsoft on the cyberwarfare being c...
2022-05-1238 minSerious PrivacyThe Mother of the Privacy Podcast (with Angelique Carson)Send us a textOn this episode of Serious Privacy, sponsored by TrustArc, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal some with Angelique Carson. Angelique is currently with TerraTrue but Paul and K know her best from when she was with the IAPP, International Association of Privacy Professionals. Angelique had launched the IAPP's podcast years ago, where K was one the very first guests.The conversation flows from podcasts with its challenges and triumphs to how the privacy profession has grown over the past decade. They also discussed how professionals, whether attorneys or not, can enter th...
2022-04-1349 minSerious PrivacyA week of privacy sweets with Paul and KSend us a textOn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool review what might seem to be small events in privacy developments, but are really robust once reviewed. They touch on a spotify case in Barcelona, the Spanish Data Protection Commissioner search on hold, and events in Belgium. In addition, on the US side, a DC judge ruled that Mark Zuckerberg could not be added to the Cambridge Analytica case personally.At the same time, the Irish DPC entered the first Article 60 review and issued Facebook...
2022-03-3035 minSerious PrivacyA week in privacy with Paul and KSend us a textIn this week of Serious Privacy brought to you by TrustArc, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal share some news, discuss current events, and review both recent privacy developments and upcoming guests for the show. Topics covered include decisions involving tech companies, such as Facebook, Google, and Grindr, as well as general information on assessing risks. Join us as we discuss privacy from our perspective in the midst of a war in Europe. Our hearts and prayers go out to those impacted, most especially the people of Ukraine. Please also reg...
2022-03-0339 minSerious PrivacyThe Final Countdown with the BestSend us a textThis week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal say goodbye to season 2 of Serious Privacy and look forward to season 3. 2021 might be a year that many of us actually would like to forget but for the privacy community, it was an exciting year and a lot of good things have happened. We have new laws, new guidance, more enforcement and court decisions, and a continuously expanding field of privacy professionals. The podcast continued to grow - this is the 91st episode and well over 50,000 downloads to date - and received wide...
2021-12-2946 minSerious PrivacyThe Door is Always Open: A week in Privacy with Paul and KSend us a textThis week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal take some time to review recent events or developments in privacy and data protection. With little happening in the U.S. (where is Ohio’s privacy law?), the focus is more on Europe and India. K and Paul discuss the European Data Protection Board’s recent guidance on international transfers, the new decision by the Wiesbaden court (in Hesse, Germany) on cookies and the U.S., and the highest fine to date in the Netherlands. Join K and Paul as they explo...
2021-12-1642 minSerious PrivacyPredictions, Worries, and Wisdom from IAPP BrusselsSend us a textThis week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal take to the streets, so to speak, at the IAPP global conference in Brussels. Well, Paul did and K benefitted. Join us as we hear the thoughts, predictions, and worries of fabulous privacy professionals. [Paul relayed the comments that he received - it was humbling & heartwarming, so thank you! As much as you appreciate us, we return the respect tenfold.]Predictions and worries include thoughts on AI, using data for good, awareness of our digital beings, children's privacy, Brexit, joint enforcement...
2021-12-0239 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy is Messy: a Kitchen Table Conversation (Paul and K)Send us a textWhat does a PhD dissertation, privacy books, the color of orange, and biometric legislation have in common? No, this is not some lame joke, but there is one of those in the episode. This week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal present one of their back porch / kitchen table conversations. The episode may be slightly messy. It might be slightly longer than you are used to, but a lot of updates are covered since it's been so long since one of these episodes given all the developments in privacy law. ...
2021-11-0448 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Open Market: Consumers Controlling Data (Markus Lampinen)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss another fascinating privacy enhancing technology (PET) where individuals control their personal data. Yes, individuals control it. We met with Markus Lampinen, the co-founder and CEO of Prifina, which focuses on building an open data market, where individuals gain value from their data and developers get democratized data access.Developers are able to work with large amounts of data, such as that from personal wearable devices, without storing the actual data themselves. That is possible, because all data would be...
2021-09-2243 minSerious PrivacyQuite Magical: All About NOYB (with Romain Robert)Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Romain Robert, is the program director and a senior lawyer for noyb, actively participating in their research and litigation strategy. Romain is also a member of the litigation chamber of the Belgian Data Protection Authority and previously worked as legal advisor for both the Belgian DPA and European Data Protection Supervisor. The name Max Schrems should be familiar. And also noyb - an acronym for None Of Your Business - probably sounds familiar. Noyb is the consumer rights g...
2021-09-1547 minSerious PrivacyEvil Bots Begone: Anonymity via SSOSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal meet up with humanID, a non-profit and open source project, supported by Mozilla and Harvard University. Looking at their website, this is a great example of privacy by design and PET (privacy enhancing technology). Our guests, Bastien Purrer and Namik Muduroglu, are working on a solution they claim offers “an anonymous, bot-resistant authentication for safer online communities.” Why? So people can engage in open, honest debate on topics of their choice, free from the influence of bots or people with multiple accounts....
2021-09-0839 minSerious PrivacySpicy Privacy: Understanding the China PIPLSend us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the new China Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) that was adopted on 20 August. This new omnibus data protection law will enter into force on 1 November 2021, without a transition period to comply. 73 days between adoption and entry into force is a very short deadline for compliance, especially for a wide-ranging and complex law such as the PIPL. Although many details remain unclear for the time being, during this week’s episode, your hosts will try to guide you through the main characteristics of...
2021-08-3138 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy does not take vacations - Just another week in privacySend us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the summer news. From a major GDPR fine (CNIL, WSJ, LQDN), to a tech company planning to monitor smartphones for child pornography (WaPo, IAPP), and from CCPA enforcement in California to cookie consent banner complaints (noyb), it is all discussed during this episode. If you want to stay up-to-date on a daily basis of all the privacy news and its implications for global data protection compliance, why not take a look at TrustArc’s suite of Nymity products dedicated to pri...
2021-08-1841 minSerious PrivacyInside the Red Cross: Privacy in Humanitarian Action (Massimo Marelli)Send us a textThis week, #SeriousPrivacy is in summer mode, with a special episode from the borders of Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Paul Breitbarth had the opportunity to speak to Massimo Marelli, Head of the Data Protection Office of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent (ICRC). Massimo is one of the authors of the Handbook on data protection in humanitarian action, and leading the various efforts of the ICRC to meet data protection standards both at headquarters and in the field.K Royal provides a short introduction explaining a...
2021-08-1134 minSerious PrivacyLeaping the DPO divide: All about DPOaaS (Tash Whitaker)Send us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal meet up with Tash Whitaker, who is an outsourced DPO as a service. Not all organizations have the capability to organise the DPO role in house. Maybe they are too small, or they are just lacking the right people or qualifications to take on the role. For those companies, the outsourced DPO is a great option to consider. A year after the entry into force of GDPR, the IAPP estimated that already some 500.000 organisations has appointed and registered a data protection o...
2021-08-0438 minSerious PrivacyDIY Privacy: Lighting the way for new privacy officers (Emerald de Leeuw)Send us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal met with Emerald de Leeuw, Global Head of Privacy at Logitech. She has a wealth of experience in the tech markets, being an entrepreneur, and a high-level executive in a global and male-dominated field. In this episode, we want to leverage her experience in coming into a company and what do you focus on first? Do you do a risk assessment, meet the key players, review the policies, what? Where do you start?Along the way, we also touch on some o...
2021-07-2245 minSerious PrivacyFast Privacy: Updates and Fan QuestionsSend us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal covered a broad range of privacy developments along with responding to questions from listeners. New developments includ the new Colorado Privacy Act, SB21-190. Signed by Governor Jared Polis on July 7, it is now the third state omnibus privacy law in the US, with Virginia having passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) earlier this year and of course, the Calfornia Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We have a 4 part series on the Colorado Privacy Act. We also did a podcast on it a...
2021-07-1441 minSerious PrivacyOf Tigers and Laws: UK Adequacy Assessed - with Ralph O'BrienSend us a textOn 28 June 2021, the European Commission announced it has approved two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom (UK). With these decisions, one under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and one under the European law enforcement directive, the Commission confirms the UK offers a level of data protection that is essentially equivalent to that in the European Union (EU). With this hurdle out of the way, personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU to the UK, without the need for additional safeguards or regulator approval. The free flow of data in...
2021-07-0742 minSerious PrivacyImpatiently Awaiting the Colorado Privacy ActSend us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the potential new law for Colorado, the Colorado Privacy Act, SB21-190. On June 8, it was passed by the House, meaning it is now ready for the governor’s signature. If it passes, it will be the third state omnibus privacy law in the US, with Virginia having passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) earlier this year and of course, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). In this episode, we cover elements such as government practices, individual rights, the ext...
2021-06-3030 minSerious PrivacyReady to Rumble: Breaking Down the EDPB GuidanceSend us a textOn 21 June 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released the long-awaited updated Recommendations on possible supplementary measures when transferring personal data out of the European Economic Area (EEA). These Recommendations align with the new Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers that were released by the European Commission on 4 June 2021 and require organisations to conduct third country risk assessments before transferring personal data. In this episode, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the details of the new European guidance, but also comment on how to do all this work in practice. Is it for...
2021-06-2343 minSerious PrivacyPrivacy Politics: The Game in Arizona (AZ Rep. Domingo DeGrazia)Send us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Representative Domingo DeGrazia, of the Arizona House of Representatives to discuss the privacy legislation he has proposed (HB 2865), but which has not gained significant ground in Arizona. He is a licensed attorney, has professional experience in aerospace and computers, and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional / US through the International Association of Privacy Professionals.This was his third year proposing privacy law for Arizona and he intends to continue. In speaking with Rep. DeGrazia, Paul and K were interested...
2021-06-1642 minSerious PrivacySCCs Are Here But Far From StandardSend us a textOn this week's episode of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international transfers that were adopted by the European Commission on 4 June 2021. These model contracts, that come in four modules, finally replace the old SCCs, some of which date back to the early 2000s. The modernised versions are fully GDPR compliant, embrace the accountability principle and include many requirements to address the limitations set by the Schrems II decision.Listen to the conversation to get a better understanding of what the new SCCs e...
2021-06-0848 minSerious PrivacyCyber Crisis: Security Matters (Dr. Eric Cole)Send us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Dr. Eric Cole, on the release of his new book today Cyber Crisis - Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World. Fascinating insight, especially given the Colonial Pipeline incident recently, but a book that is not intended to be fairytales and happily-ever-afters. Dr. Cole holds a master’s degree in computer science from New York Institute of Technology and a doctorate from Pace University, with a concentration in information security. He was a CIA hacker, a member of the...
2021-06-0143 minSerious PrivacyThere is no "ish" in privacy: GDPR 3-5 years laterSend us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, because three years ago from the day this episode was released (May 25, 2021), the GDPR went into effect. And whether you consider it three years or or five (per this Twitter debate), it was a world-changing event. In this episode, they talk about the changes seen in the past three years, including the two years before that when the GDPR was passed. They discuss penalties and amounts known, but also the most frequent viol...
2021-05-2539 minSerious PrivacyData Secrets (with Ray Everett)Send us a textOn this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Ray Everett, Founding Member & Chief Privacy Intelligence Officer at Data Secrets, a company that develops solutions focused on identifying risk wherever applications are accessing your data -- in the public cloud, in SaaS applications, and on-premise. He has a long history working as a privacy professional, including at TrustArc, and was appointed as the first Internet-era Chief Privacy Officer in 1999 - starting with speaking on an U.S. Federal Trade Commission panel as a law student and moving into founding what...
2021-05-2039 minSerious PrivacyOn Cloud 9 for the EU Cloud Code of ConductSend us a textDemonstrating compliance is certainly not always easy, but under many laws, including the GDPR, it is a mandatory requirement. To facilitate the process, codes of conduct and certification schemes are becoming more popular, and it is no wonder they have been included in the GDPR as well. As we are on the verge of seeing the first codes of conduct to demonstrate GDPR compliance approved, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the EU Cloud Code of Conduct, which TrustArc is proud to support. Join us and learn more about what the...
2021-04-0738 minSerious PrivacyYou Lost Me at Disinformation (with Wayne Unger)Send us a textThis week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal, connect with Wayne Unger, a recent law school graduate, that is already very much embedded in the privacy profession. As a non-traditional student, Wayne was an experienced professional and quickly dove into the academic side of privacy with the intent to combine the scholarship and practical side of privacy. Wayne has authored three law journal articles, two of which are published and one is scheduled - going through a rewrite currently as he will discuss why during the conversation. The two p...
2021-03-3139 minSerious PrivacyA March on Privacy: Paul and KSend us a textDevelopments in privacy sometimes go so quickly, it is almost impossible to keep up. In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth, talk about many of these recent developments in order to bring you up to date again. Join us as we discuss the forthcoming stricter enforcement of cookie rules in France, a German court case prohibiting nudging end users towards accepting a privacy unfriendly option, and yet another set of CCPA Regulations. We welcome the appointments of the very first members of a specific privacy regulator in t...
2021-03-2638 minSerious PrivacyFDIC’s Chief Innovation Officer: Paper Clips and PbD (Sultan Meghji)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth host the new and first Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the US, Sultan Meghji. Sultan has a rich history as co-founder of Neocova which specializes in AI software for financial institutions, an adjunct professor at Washington University’s Olin Business School, a scholar of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and an alum of the FBI Phoenix Citizens Academy - where he met K over a decade ago. But as the first Chief Innovation Officer, the in...
2021-03-1638 minSerious PrivacyData Bunnies: the Internet, VPN, and Crypto (Dr. Steven "Seven" Waterhouse)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth connect with Steven (Seven) Waterhouse, PhD, CEO and founder of Orchid, a crypto powered VPN. Given his expertise and how it is harnessed for Orchid, we felt Seven would have quite a bit of technical insight into technologies commonly discussed in conjunction with data protection. He did not disappoint. In this episode, Seven provides insight into the technical side of privacy and the foundations that underpin most concerns - the internet. But in addition, we discuss virtual private networks for c...
2021-03-0940 minSerious PrivacyData Diversity: Not just 1s and 0s (with Shoshana Rosenberg)Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth connect with Shoshana Rosenberg, Deputy General Counsel for Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Strategy, as well as CPO and Vice President at WSP USA. However, our conversation is more around the focus of SafePorter, a data trust providing valuable business insights, while respecting the privacy of employees. In essence, the topic is how to address diversity, inclusion, and equity efforts and goals without compromising employee sensitive data. For example, companies should consider inclusivity in their hiring opportunities and internally within development o...
2021-03-0238 minSerious PrivacyBack to our Roots - A Week in Privacy with Paul and KSend us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth provide an update on recent happenings in both Europe and the US, some of which are surprising and the other makes no waves across the ocean.First, an unexpected agreement on the ePrivacy Regulation by the EU Members States. This does not mean that the regulation is passed - on the contrary, the Parliament and the European Commission are nearly at polar opposites. They will now enter what is called the “trialogue” where the various parties have to reach an agre...
2021-02-2333 minSerious PrivacyA Work in Progress: A View Inside the Irish DPC (with Helen Dixon)Send us a textHappy Data Protection Day! Paul Breitbarth and K Royal kick off Season 2 of the Serious Privacy podcast with a special guest, Helen Dixon, Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland. She is probably one of the best known data protection regulators around the world, with her office having the duty to supervise most major tech companies doing business in Europe. That comes with a lot of public scrutiny, and also with some fierce criticism. In this episode, Commissioner Dixon talks about her plans for 2021, which have been publicly disclosed. But of course, we c...
2021-01-2843 minSerious PrivacyThe Best of 2020: When Privacy Got SeriousSend us a textWe look back to January 2020 - with no crystal ball for Serious Privacy with Paul Breitbarth and K Royal. With 47 episodes and over 25,000 downloads, Season 1 of Serious Privacy is complete. Thank you to our fans! Season 2 starts Global Privacy Day 2021. Our initial ideas were a little different, but K and Paul found their rhythm and a following. Join us as we look back, play some of our favorite moments, and look ahead to 2021. Our most popular episodes were What Now Right Now? Assessment of the EU Schrems II Decision with Gabriela Zan...
2020-12-2938 minSerious PrivacyTaking Data Protection out of the Ivory Silo: Sophie Kwasny (Council of Europe) and Michael Donohue (OECD) on Fundamental Rights ProtectionSend us a textSince the Schrems-II judgment came down on July 16th, the message has slowly sunk in that Europe is serious about looking at privacy and data protection through the glasses of fundamental rights protection. That was even reinforced by the Privacy International and Quadrature du Net cases, published at the start of October. Any interference with the fundamental rights to privacy and data protection, needs to be limited in time, scope and content, according to the courts, as well as necessary and proportionate. But what does it actually mean that privacy and data protection...
2020-12-0849 minSerious PrivacyLive with Solutions that are Problems: IEEE ISTAS-PIT 2020Send us a textLive! (okay recorded with a live studio audience) from our offices at a fabulous virtual conference - the 2020 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, discussing Public Interest Technologies in a four day long global online conference. This is a first for Serious Privacy, recording an episode live as part of the conference presentation. In normal times, this conference would have taken place face-to-face, facilitating lots of participants to debate their papers with their peers in person. The Public Interest Technology University Network, comprising 36 institutes of higher education, is working to address these...
2020-11-2550 minSerious PrivacyThe Need for Speed: Huge New Privacy Deeds (with Prof. Paul Schwartz)Send us a textIn just a single week, so much has happened. The California Privacy Rights Act was passed by voters and will come into effect on 1 January 2023, the Court of Justice of the European Union once again confirmed that consent is not valid when relying upon pre-ticked boxes, and the European Data Protection Board issued its Recommendations on international data transfers in the wake of the Schrems-II ruling. In the meantime, Finland is dealing with a major health-related data breach, the Biden transition team was announced, which includes some privacy-minded people, and the U.S...
2020-11-1846 min
Serious PrivacyExtra! Long-awaited Guidance and Draft SCCs from the EUSend us a textThis past week, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted it’s Recommendations on international data transfers post Schrems-II and the European Commission released the long-awaited draft of new standard contractual clauses. At the same time, the EDPB adopted an updated version of their earlier guidelines on the European Essential Guarantees: criteria that a third country’s (non-European Economic Area country) legislation needs to meet in order to justify an interference with the right to privacy and data protection. In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal bring you a...
2020-11-1648 min
Serious PrivacyData Science and Privacy - sugarcoated or straight up? It Depends (with Katharine Jarmul of Cape Privacy)Send us a textPrivacy and data protection are not just a job for lawyers or professionals who specialize in privacy - not anymore. Technology plays an important role in ensuring personal data can remain private. Ensuring that personal data is secure but useful requires a level of skill found in data scientists.In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal searched for just such a skilled individual,Katharine Jarmul, the Head of Product at Cape Privacy, and a data scientist. Cape Privacy is a New York-based company assisting others with machine...
2020-11-1046 min
Serious PrivacyPrivacy Connection: Election, Protection, and moreSend us a textElection day in the United States is quite the dramatic event in 2020. We may soon know who will be the President of the United States in the coming years, what the new U.S. Congress will look like, if there might be a chance of federal privacy legislation and an EU-U.S. adequacy deal passing in the coming years, and if California Proposition 24 (the California Privacy Rights Act or “CPRA”) has made the grade. But the election process itself carries privacy implications and of course, there are other privacy developments in the world....
2020-11-0341 min
Serious PrivacyFast & Furious: About Start-ups, FinTech, Cars, and Privacy (with Filip Johnssén)Send us a textTechnology around the world changes quickly - fast and furiously. Unique companies solving problems we did not realize we had are hitting the market. For example, the development of always connected mobile devices has fundamentally changed the global banking system. Where before in many parts of the world people were devoid of having a bank account, nowadays a smartphone gives them access to financial services wherever they are with mobile payments, cryptocurrencies, and fully virtual banks. In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal host the DPO for Kl...
2020-10-2742 min
Serious PrivacyFerociously Imperfect: Consumer Tracking (with Rob Shavell of Abine)Send us a textPutting the evils back in Pandora’s box just doesn’t seem possible - much like reclaiming privacy in today’s datacentric world. This week, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal hosted Rob Shavell, CEO and founder of Abine (rhymes with hey mine) to discuss consumer privacy controls related to online privacy. Just over a decade ago, the World Wide Web consortium (W3C) started the development of a Do Not Track (DNT) standard, that would limit the way in which people could be tracked between websites. In 2018, the project stopped, because it simply did no...
2020-10-2046 min
Serious PrivacyPrivacy’s Perfect Storm: A Technical Tempest in a Teapot - or Not? (with Stuart Brotman)Send us a textEvents happen occasionally that reinforce each other in such a way that the sum of things is worse than you could ever have imagined: a perfect storm. You may very well say that 2020 is a perfect storm in itself. And who knows what November and December may bring. This week, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal invited Stuart N. Brotman, author of Privacy's Perfect Storm: Digital Policy for Post-Pandemic Times.Brotman took the notion of the perfect storm as the basis for a book about privacy, data protection, the digital economy and...
2020-10-1451 min
Serious PrivacyWicked Privacy: A Frank Discussion on Thorny Topics (with Michelle Dennedy, Ruby Zefo, and Hilary Wandall)Send us a textWicked problems are those without simple answers. They are thorny, complex, multi-faceted issues. This episode of Serious Privacy by Paul Breitbarth and K Royal was pre-billed on social media as “talking anarchy” and “Serious Privacy-ing.” In this episode, guests include Uber CPO and frustrated comedian Ruby Zefo, Godmother of Privacy Engineering Michelle Dennedy, and TrustArc’s General Counsel Hilary Wandall. Given the breadth and depth of the experience combined across this guest list, the topics were broad-ranging and far-reaching. Join us as we delve into wicked problems and solutions addressing women in privacy, e...
2020-10-0753 min
Serious PrivacyOne of Us: Notorious RBG plus some hot privacy topicsSend us a textIf 2020 was not bad enough already, we lost Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. She was admired by many lawyers and legal scholars, not just in the United States - she was a legal giant, and a great advocate for equality for all. Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the impact Justice Ginsburg had on the legal field and how she inspired respect and devotion. Our homage goes beyond her legal decisions to remember her as the icon she was, and always will be.In addition, Paul and K touch on a f...
2020-09-2944 min
Serious PrivacyThe Present State of Privacy: A Gift that Keeps Giving (with Chris Foreman of Merck)Send us a text2020 is the gift that keeps on giving. In this episode, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal revisit some of the issues discussed on previous episodes, but with a guest who has a unique global perspective. Our guest today is an American in Brussels. He is the Deputy Chief Privacy Officer of the US-based pharmaceutical company Merck. Chris Foreman has practiced law in London, Washington DC, Istanbul, New York and Moscow, and is currently based in Brussels. Merck, or MSD as it is often known, has been an active player in the international c...
2020-09-2251 min
Serious PrivacyIn the Zone - the Privacy Zone: Newest Developments in PrivacySend us a textThis past week in privacy law saw several unexpected developments. When this podcast started back in January, the intention was to record a series of conversations between K Royal and Paul Breitbarth with an occasional guest or recorded conference panel discussion. They would discuss what had happened in a week, place privacy and data protection developments around the world in context and provide insights based on their experience… And then COVID-19 happened, the podcast quickly became popular and guests became ubiquitous. On this episode, Paul and K return to their roots of...
2020-09-1444 min
Serious PrivacyThe Geeks have Inherited the Earth: A Tale of Privacy CosplayersSend us a textPrivacy professionals as cosplayers - maintaining a sense of identity away from the hectic life of a privacy professional or managing stress in a healthy direction? In this episode of Serious Privacy, we move away a little from data protection and over to the broader right of privacy. The right to be left alone, or the right to ensure you can be whoever you want to be, without your choices coming back to haunt you for the rest of your life. Join Paul Breitbarth and K Royal as they talk about co...
2020-09-0841 min
Serious PrivacyHeigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho, it's off to work we go: Transitioning into Privacy as an Experienced Professional (with Tom Besore)Send us a textPrivacy is the hottest new job market for attorneys and non-attorneys. Even more so when you consider the full range of data protection jobs. A few weeks ago, we spoke to Jared Coseglia with TRU STaffing about recruiting for functions in privacy. In this episode we look at the other side. What is it like for someone to get started in privacy, not by sheer coincidence like K Royal and Paul Breitbarth did many years ago, but by deliberate choice? Where do you get this crazy idea that a privacy career might be...
2020-09-0147 min
Serious PrivacyMy life got flipped-turned upside down: What's Fresh in Australia (and the Asia-Pacific region with Annelies Moens)Send us a textNow this story is all about how our lives got flipped - turned upside down. We’d like to take a minute, just sit right there, we’ll tell you all about the privacy laws down there.Today, we are traveling virtually to the sixth largest country in land area and in its honor, we are flipping parts of the show. We are upside down, since we are going Down Under. Since the beginning of the year, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal have mainly covered privacy developments in the United States, the...
2020-08-2451 min
Serious PrivacyPrivacy: A Whole New World - or is it? (w/ Travis LeBlanc)Send us a textWith all the recent changes in privacy laws, it seems like a whole new world. Or perhaps not. In this episode, we connect with Travis LeBlanc, a well-seasoned professional with insight into government actions to discuss recent privacy developments through the lens of past actions. He was the chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Enforcement Bureau in the Obama years, worked as senior adviser to former California Attorney General - and now Vice-Presidential nominee - Kamala D. Harris and as special assistant attorney general of California. Today, he is the vice ch...
2020-08-1846 min
Serious PrivacyThere are no Divas in Privacy: How you can enter the Privacy Profession (w/ Jared Coseglia)Send us a textThe privacy job market is booming! Chief Privacy Officer, Data Protection Officer, Chief Data Officer, Privacy Engineer, GDPR Expert, CCPA Consultant, Data Privacy Counsel, Privacy Risk Officer… And this is just to get started. Do a vacancy search with the word ‘Privacy’ on LinkedIn or most job-search boards and you will be shown a huge variety of functions around the world for new and seasoned privacy professionals. Paul Breitbarth and K Royal invited the founder and CEO of TRU Staffing Partners, a staffing company helping to fill vacancies in data privacy, e-disco...
2020-08-1146 min
Serious PrivacyAll for Privacy and Justice for All: The Critical Role Privacy Plays in Social JusticeSend us a textPrivacy is not a luxury, yet marginalized populations are more scrutinized and adversely impacted. How do we build equality into the data and practices on using data? It is no surprise that in today’s day and age, data is ubiquitous. Every step we take is documented by multiple devices, from our smartphones and smart watches to street cameras, allowing for massive data sets to be created. Hardly anyone understands all that is happening with these data, but we do know they are being used for marketing purposes. But what if the...
2020-08-0443 min
Serious PrivacyGet Schooled: Professor Solove’s Insight on Privacy DevelopmentsSend us a textPrivacy is like driving a car - lots of rules which change across borders and you need to look both ways before crossing the street. In both the US and EU, the Schrems-II decision on 16 July is a major development in data protection navigation. But we are just at the beginning of understanding all the consequences of the verdict of the EU Court of Justice. Don’t worry - also in the coming weeks, we’ve got you covered. #SeriousPrivacy will keep you posted on important developments and views. In this episo...
2020-07-2843 min
Serious PrivacyWhat Now Right Now? Assessment of the EU Schrems II DecisionSend us a textThe Schrems II decision is a Serious Privacy topic. Privacy professionals in the EU and the US had the 16th of July marked on their calendars for a long time. Today was the day the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union would publish their verdict in the case between the Irish Data Protection Commissioner on the one hand, and Facebook and Max Schrems on the other. The Schrems-II case, as it is commonly known, has made as much of an impact as its predecessor did in 2015....
2020-07-1644 min
Serious PrivacyUp Close and Personal: Paul's Favourite Privacy Topic (surveillance)Send us a textWelcome to our 21st episode of Serious Privacy. There is no better way to celebrate 21 than to return to our basics and have a kitchen table conversation with our own Paul Breitbarth. This week, Paul will discuss his favorite privacy topic. We limited it to one topic - will he go for two topics? Does he have one overwhelming favorite issue in privacy? With Paul’s background with the data protection authorities, he has more of a legal scholarly slant - so this should be a very interesting treasure hunt to find out wha...
2020-06-3041 min
Serious PrivacyShould You Stay or Should You Go [Back to Work]? A Discussion on Returning to WorkSend us a textWhat do you get when a European and an American discuss concerns about returning to work after the recent quarantines? With co-hosts Paul Breitbarth and K Royal, listeners get an inside view on what privacy professionals are thinking about. After two months, the worst of the Corona Crisis in many countries seems to be behind us. Slowly, countries and States are opening up, releasing roadmaps on relaxing their quarantine measures and taking steps to allow people to go back to work. Nevertheless, for the time being, it seems “continue to wo...
2020-05-1244 min
Serious PrivacyWEBINAR: Brexit Data Protection Update: The EU, US and UK PerspectiveSend us a textOn 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom left the European Union. For the first time since its creation, a member state has decided to leave the common market, and for now, it is uncertain what the future holds for current privacy legislation. The new relationship between the UK and the EU will be negotiated in the course of this year, with the agreed transition period ending on 31 December. During this period, GDPR will apply as if nothing has changed. But what will happen after?During this webinar recording, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien an...
2020-03-0558 min