In October 2024, the Data Use & Access Bill (DUAB) was introduced to Parliament, proposing changes to data protection rules in the UK. But what is the impact of the Bill, and what will it mean for you – the practitioners responsible for compliance in day-to-day business? Join us for a practitioner-focused discussion with Data Protection Officer Dom Newton from The DPO Centre, where we’ll cut through the legal jargon and explore the real-world impact of the Bill on data protection professiona...
Mar 11, 2025•44 min•Ep. 24
Guest: Yagmur Sahin, Information Governance and Data Protection Manager at Data Privacy Simplified Host: Jacob H. Larsen, Wired Relations In this episode, Jacob H. Larsen sits down with Yagmur Sahin, a qualified lawyer with dual master’s degrees in law and cybersecurity, to discuss her unique career journey into data protection. Yagmur shares insights on fusing law and tech, the growing importance of data protection, and the skills required to thrive in this dynamic field. Key Topics Discussed Y...
Feb 27, 2025•36 min•Ep. 23
Episode Summary: In this episode of Sustainable Compliance , host Jacob H. Larsen talks with Susanne Bitter, a seasoned information security and data protection expert with over 15 years of experience. Susanne shares her insights on the transformative role of AI in cybersecurity, the challenges of governance and supply chain risks, and why getting the basics right is still critical. Key Topics Discussed: AI's Role in Cybersecurity: The benefits and risks of AI, from increased productivity to cha...
Jan 30, 2025•34 min•Ep. 22
In this episode, Jacob Høedt Larsen, talks to Claire Archibald about: Claire's Background : Claire Archibald, a legal director at Browne Jacobson, specializes in data protection and information governance in education, with a strong passion for children’s and staff privacy in schools. Path into Data Protection : Claire’s career began in regulatory law, notably environmental law, which had parallels with data protection, especially regarding compliance and regulatory pressures. Her diverse experi...
Nov 21, 2024•33 min•Ep. 21
“Will we live in a world where tracking is the norm, or are we going to fix this global issue?” Arthur Edelstein is concerned for the future of the web and people's privacy online. He is a senior research and privacy engineer at Brave browser and founder of the project privacytests.org, where he runs objective privacy tests on major web browsers. Here he is focused on uncovering the hidden privacy risks, and his work tests how browsers handle issues like fingerprinting and cookies – results that...
Oct 24, 2024•22 min•Ep. 20
In today’s episode, we dive deep into the world of privacy red teams—where the goal isn’t just to protect data, but to break it first. Join us as we explore how this adversarial approach helps businesses identify and fix vulnerabilities before they become threats. Your host Jacob Høedt Larsen speaks to red team expert, Rebecca Balebako. Rebecca is a Privacy Engineer, who has worked with RAND corporation and Google. She now runs her own business, Balebako Privacy Engineer in Switzerland. Find her...
Oct 03, 2024•28 min•Ep. 19
"Hang on, let's look at what their day to day job is, what their business processes are, and optimize those processes so they become inherently compliant," Jonathan Craven says about his perspective on creating great data protection and information security. Jonathan Craven was previously Global Privacy Operations Lead at iRythm Technologies, now a self employed consultant. He came to data protection from a background and career in psychology and we talk about how that has informed his view on h...
Sep 12, 2024•39 min•Ep. 18
"So first of all, OG privacy people who were scrappy and had to fight really hard to get any kind of budget and to even get people to understand that this was a necessary component of a business. They're ready for anything," Shoshana Rosenberg says in this podcast. We discuss: - The future of AI and whether privacy people are equipped to take that on. - The importance of privacy in feedback and inclusion data - ... and how Shoshana ran towards a career in privacy Shoshana Rosenberg is a chief AI...
Aug 22, 2024•31 min•Ep. 17
"My life has been filled with epiphany moments, you know, moments where the scales have fallen from my eyes and I thought, ah, get it," says Emma Martins in this interview. For a number of years Emma Martins was the Data Protection Commissioner at the Office of the Data Protection Authority of the Channel Islands. She now advises on data protection matters. In this interview, Emma Martins talks about her epiphany moments that led her to a career in data protection. We talk about why data protect...
Aug 08, 2024•30 min•Ep. 16
At TDC NET they have a strong privacy and security culture. No system or vendor enters the network without being thoroughly vetted by both data protection and information security. This happens due to a governance model that is anchored in the organisation and has buy-in at top management. TDC NET provides a great part of the digital infrastructure in Denmark, through fixed-line and mobile networks. In this podcast, Jacob Høedt Larsen, talks to Head of Privacy Compliance, Mona Persson about how ...
Jun 28, 2024•54 min•Ep. 15
In this podcast you get a 7-step cheat sheet to securing buy-in for your data protection programme. Get the presentation here: https://3963040.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3963040/Presentations/20240425_masterclass_DPIA%20securing%20buy-in.pptx.pdf The steps are: 🎯 What do you really want? 🌍 What do they think about this right now? 🎤 What will they lose by not doing what you think? 🗞 Where can you reach them? 👯 Who will support you? 🧠 Speak to the mind … and the gut 📅 Get organise...
May 07, 2024•43 min•Ep. 14
The DPIA process is important. In this podcast we look at it from the organisational perspective. How do you make it work - not legally or technically - but organisationally. You find the presentation here: https://3963040.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/3963040/Presentations/20240405_masterclass_DPIA.pptx.pdf It: Supports good decision-making, Good governance Compliance Often no DPIA is required – documents the non-action It is also good practice to do a DPIA for any other major project wh...
Apr 30, 2024•42 min•Ep. 13
Shifting Privacy Left is a conscious effort to embed privacy practices earlier in the development life cycle to prevent privacy harms and data breaches from forming, Privacy Tech Advisor Debra Farber says. In this interview Debra Farber and I discuss what Shifting Privacy Left does, how it helps organisation, what competencies are needed and how it is implemented. My take-aways from the interview: Privacy requirements should be table stakes and functional product requirements, not something that...
Aug 03, 2023•33 min•Ep. 12
Making a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) on Google Workspace for schools is a huge undertaking. In Norway they've decided to collaborate on it. Today, Jacob Høedt Larsen, talk to project manager, Ida Thorsrud, about the project and learnings from it. Some take-aways: It has been possible to co-operate with Google in the proces, something that Ida has never experienced before Parents, teachers and pupils are involved and give the project team a much better view of risks to the "data subj...
Jul 06, 2023•32 min•Ep. 11
From tick-the-box compliance to balanced decision-making In this episode we'll go deeper into the second trend of Sustainable Compliance and look at why things are changing from a mindset of "tick-the-box compliance" to a "balanced decision-making". We'll also share learnings on how to get there. Why tick-the-box compliance is not a great idea. 💵 Calculating 4 % of global revenue for fines does not make sense anymore. To most companies discovery risk is low, and the level of fines have never re...
Jun 23, 2023•36 min•Ep. 9
Lack of collaboration with your organisation is detrimental to your privacy and infosec programme. If you’re unable to create a climate of collaboration within your organisation, you will be less effective as a compliance pro AND data protection and information security will suffer. The solution: Officers and Operators. This is what we discuss in this episode of Sustainable Compliance Live, a weekly online show from Wired Relation where we discuss sustainable compliance. Follow your host, Jacob ...
Jun 16, 2023•30 min•Ep. 8
In this live episode of Sustainable Compliance we take a look back on how the compliance landscape has changed over the years and gather the trends that we see in this space now. Jacob Hoedt Larsen starts by taking us back to the days when he worked in a candy factory that was implementing some of the first IT systems through the times of mass adoption of systems to now. We will see how the role of the compliance function has changed over time to become involved in much more that just the legal ...
Jun 09, 2023•41 min•Ep. 7
DPIA spells collaboration In this episode, they dive into the topic of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and the importance of collaboration in ensuring privacy-friendly practices. In this podcast you will learn about: The consequences of being in a siloed compliance function Why you as a privacy professional should ensure company wide collaboration How you go from working in a silo to company wide collaboration You will learn about how to use frameworks and stakeholder management as to...
Jun 02, 2023•29 min•Ep. 6
Privacy and marketing are like oil and water. But, it doesn't have to be that way. In this talk with founder of Raze, Siobhan Solberg, we dive into, how we improve this relationship. Siobhan is an expert on both marketing and privacy and has worked on several projects involving both. We talk about: 1️⃣ How privacy can help grow companies 2️⃣ How marketing and privacy can work together 3️⃣ What gets in the way of such collaboration and 4️⃣ What can be done to improve it. My (Jacob Høedt Larsen) b...
Apr 28, 2023•39 min•Ep. 5
Jacob has been interviewed by Jamal Ahmed for his podcast: Privacy Pros podcast. We're reposting it here, and you should follow the podcast feed from Jamal as well https://privacypros.captivate.fm/ This is the original description of the podcast. Turbocharge Your Mental Skills & Transform Your Career with a Privacy Powerhouse Get ready for an electrifying and transformative podcast experience! Our guest is a Privacy Pro with a powerful, dynamic approach to storytelling and coaching. He's wor...
Apr 11, 2023•47 min•Ep. 4
"If you just have that legal focus, you may be perceived as the necessary evil, rather than being a partner," says Tim Clements in this podcast. Tim and Jacob talks about: 1️⃣ The 3 top issues in data protection programs 2️⃣ Which competencies are needed in privacy pros in the future and 3️⃣ How to train for it Jacob's take-aways from this interview: ✅ In many companies data protection is seen as a purely legal issue. That's a problem. ✅ Data protection is a team sport (and lawyers are the goal ...
Apr 06, 2023•30 min•Ep. 3
Are you looking to break in to privacy? Or take your privacy career to the next level? Don't miss this privacy career advice from Michael Jared Coseglia of TRU Staffing Partners. He has placed over 5,000 privacy pros in jobs over the years. We talk about important skills for privacy professionals and Jared reveals THE most important one. Jacob Hoedt Larsen's take-aways from the conversation (listen and share your own take-aways): 1. Privacy is an open industry. It is possible to transition from ...
Mar 29, 2023•42 min•Ep. 2
Most compliance professionals feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of information about their area. New legal developments, new technical stuff to look into and on top of that internal things like new systems and ways of working. Information overload can hamper a privacy program. In this episode Jacob H. Larsen speaks to Rie Walle about getting a system to stay up-to-date. Take aways on making a system for staying current: 1. Find your trusted sources. Be critical. 2. Use the wisdom of the cr...
Mar 07, 2023•34 min•Ep. 1
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