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Decades of Horror | Horror News RadioSSSSSSS (1973) – Episode 243 – Decades of Horror 1970s“You’re asking me questions, Harry, and I hear you. A scientist cannot afford the indulgence of guilt. And after all, if God doesn’t want me to continue, the means of my disposal are always at his command.” If you want to communicate with God, talking to a snake might be the wrong approach. Join your faithful Grue Crew – Doc Rotten, Bill Mulligan, Chad Hunt, Daphne Monary-Ernsdroff, and Jeff Mohr – as they try their hand at snake wrangling while they finally get the chance to cover Sssssss (1973). Decades of Horror 1970s Episode 243 – Sssssss (1973) Join the Crew on the G...
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Privacy PathsDiversifying PrivacyThe Apple AirTag debacle shows that there is a need to diversify privacy to protect people and brands. Diversifying privacy means more than diversifying product development and privacy teams. It means looking outside the compliance bubble and centring marginal voices, including those that challenge the status quo. Abigail Dubiniecki talks to Stewart Dresner and Tom Cooper and explains what went wrong with the Apple AirTag. Apple is usually regarded as the company at the privacy friendly end of the spectrum. The latest consumer tech products are promoted as offering convenience. But developers ignore, understate or und...
2022-04-1133 minPrivacy PathsAge Verification OnlineAge verification and estimation by companies to protect the privacy and safety online for young peopleStewart Dresner talks to Iain Corby, Executive Director, The Age Verification Providers’ Association (AVPA) and Project Manager, euCONSENT. There is consensus that young people should be safe online. But how should organisations behave in an ethical way? How to reconcile the commercial objectives of data acquisition and retention, and the legal objective of data minimisation and data protection by design? There are many international and national initiatives on online safety for young people. All...
2022-03-1426 minPrivacy PathsUS privacy laws most likely to be adopted and whenJustin Antonipillai, Founder and CEO, WireWheel, discusses with Helena Wootton and Stewart Dresner the privacy laws most likely to be adopted in the US. His experience of leading President Barack Obama’s attempt to have a federal privacy law adopted by the US Congress enables him to explain why he considers such a law in the next five years as unlikely. The new Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Lina Khan, is more energetic on privacy issues. Stronger sanctions are likely but the FTC is constrained by its narrow scope and lack of a comprehensive federal privacy statute.
2021-11-1037 minPrivacy PathsHow Guernsey creates a distinct data protection profile keeping its ties with both the UK and the EUGuernsey is an independent island jurisdiction located between the United Kingdom and France. In this podcast, Emma Martins, Guernsey’s Data Protection Commissioner, speaks to Valerie Taylor and Stewart Dresner about this Channel Island’s adequacy declaration from the EU, and its importance for its digital economy of retaining free and safe data transfers between Guernsey, the UK and the EU. The Commissioner does not see privacy and innovation as a zero sum game and is confident that it is possible to incorporate both values into products and services. She deploys fines and other enforcement tools when necess...
2021-07-0626 minPrivacy PathsClubhouse: Challenges of apps and data privacy lawDo app developers gather information in a legally sound way? Apps often involve trading one’s personal data for a usually free useful or entertaining service. Data privacy laws apply to apps so how can developers navigate this legal terrain?We explore Clubhouse, the audio meeting app which is on a rising trend, and the privacy laws which apply to it, as they do to all apps.The key legal questions we ask in this episode: do users understand the process? and do they know how much data the app developers are using or “harvesting”? These...
2021-02-2631 minPrivacy PathsGlobal Privacy Control - The new web-based opt-outOpt-out rights are enshrined in many national privacy laws and regulations, which provide individuals with a right to opt-out of unwanted marketing. But this is a time-consuming process and often requires know-how and commitment. Global Privacy Control (GPC) is a new mechanism which enables anyone to easily opt out of website-based marketing. Rob Shavell, Founder and CEO of Boston-based Abine (which includes DeleteMe and Blur), explains the organisations, websites and major media groups behind GPC. They include the Washington Post, the New York Times, the Financial Times, browsers, including Mozilla’s Firefox, DuckDuckGo, Brave and Consumer Reports. The...
2021-01-1240 minPrivacy PathsFutureFlow and further lessons from the ICO SandboxHow did FutureFlow (a start-up business) win the confidence of the United Kingdom’s ICO’s regulatory sandbox to enable its anti-money laundering service to be ready for the market and also protect personal data?Share the inside story of how FutureFlow has developed its software with the cooperation of major financial institutions and the financial regulatory authorities to track the flow of money in the international monetary system. FutureFlow’s objective is to be transformative for society by combating multi-billion dollar money laundering, and to enable personal data to be retained by the individual bank while sharing...
2020-11-1740 minPrivacy PathsA privacy and tech innovation win-win in the ICO’s regulatory sandboxInnovation and privacy are often regarded as incompatible. They were brought together for mutual advantage in the United Kingdom’s ICO’s regulatory sandbox. Onfido, which provides proof of identity using facial recognition, has now emerged from the sandbox in its first cohort. We discuss with Onfido's Director of Privacy and the ICO’s Head of Assurance how they assessed the risks and took the plunge. Find out how both sides have benefited and learned from their experience of this one year programme. Participants: Chris Taylor, Head of Assurance (Supervision), Information Commissioner’s Office Neal Cohen, Director of...
2020-10-2726 minPrivacy PathsPubs and hospitality - dealing with data collected for Covid-19 tracingIn a podcast aimed at licencees and managers, Helena Wootton, Stewart Dresner and Tom Cooper discuss possible data protection pitfalls of collecting data from customers and make some practical suggestions.Useful links: UK Government guidance - Keeping workers and customers safe during COVID-19 in restaurants, pubs, bars and takeaway serviceshttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5eb96e8e86650c278b077616/Keeping-workers-and-customers-safe-during-covid-19-restaurants-pubs-bars-takeaways-230620.pdfBig Hospitality - Coronavirus track and trace: 7 steps to complying with data protection law https://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Article/2020/06/24/Coronavirus-track-and-trace-7-steps-to-complying-with-data-protection-law-GDPR-hospitality-restaurants-barsNote from Stewart D...
2020-07-0224 minPrivacy PathsPrivacy aspects of Australia’s CovidSAFE contact tracing appIn our first podcast, Professor Graham Greenleaf, PL&B Asia Pacific Editor, discusses the privacy aspects of Australia’s CovidSAFE voluntary contact tracing app with Stewart Dresner, Publisher, Helena Wootton, Data Lawyer and PL&B correspondent and Tom Cooper, Deputy Editor.A fuller analysis is available in the June 2020 edition of Privacy Laws & Business International Report.
2020-06-1633 min