Send us a text A final week in privacy episode of Serious Privacy in 2024, where Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal once again give the lead to Big Tech. And Netflix. From all of us in the podcast team, we wish you and your loved ones happy holidays. Stay tuned for the season 5 finale! If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and em...
Dec 24, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this week's episode of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth , Dr. K Royal and Ralph O'Brien speak with Cathleen Doyel of our sponsor TrustArc about all things contract management. Cathleen has been a commercial contract lawyer for many years, in recent times with a strong focus on data protection clauses. For most of us, contracts are never fun, so this is your opportunity to get some best practices to have a better 2025, including through the use of trust centers for al...
Dec 19, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with John Keeves , partner at Johnson Winter Slatterly in Australia to discuss all things Australia. In particular we discussed the Cyber Security Act of 2024 and other recent changes and enforcement activities. Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivac...
Dec 16, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a relatively slow week in privacy, including a settlement with Oracle out of California , some new WorldCoin investigations , KOSA , and a position paper from BEUC so we also throw in some frank discussion of AI tools and how they can help in our personal and professional lives.Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing . If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, ...
Dec 06, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text Mid November is the time of the year where the data protection community comes together in Brussels for the annual IAPP Data Protection Congress. Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal were not able to join this year, but our third host Ralph O'Brien was in town, and has grabbed some people in between sessions for interviews. This week on Serious Privacy, you get his report. Listen to Ralph's conversations with Jim Campbell , Robert Baugh , Matteo Colombo and Rossana Baldon , a...
Nov 29, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal catch up on some happenings in the privacy world. We discussed US election results and a peek at some potential changes to come , such as appointments to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board , EU first review of the thingy (the EU US Data Privacy Framework ), (please note - there is no need to have both SCCs and register to the framework), TrustArc’s new Privacy Pulse newsletter , Japan had th...
Nov 23, 2024•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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 day 2 of the #GPA ( Global Privacy Assembly ) in #Jersey. We feature open conversations with Eduardo Ustaren of Hogan Lovells ; Shana Morgan, Global Head of Privacy & AI Legal Compliance , L3Harris Technologies ; Alexander McD White , the inaugural Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda and Patricia Kosseim, Commissioner, Office of the I...
Nov 19, 2024•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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...
Nov 15, 2024•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This episode of Serious Privacy should actually have been released two weeks ago, but life happened... As usual however, Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws around the world. In this episode, they discuss: Opinion on certain obligations following from the reliance on processor(s) and sub-processor(s) Guidelines on the processing of personal data based on legitimate interest C-621-22 Koninklijke Nederlandse Lawn Tennisbond...
Nov 08, 2024•39 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal , speak with Conor Hogan about his passion for privacy, privacy for the public good, the Women in AI Governance network and privacy podcasting. Links: - Chance Conversations with Carey and Conor podcast - Conor's Substack - Conor as King for a Day - Women in AI Governance If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriouspr...
Oct 10, 2024•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws around the world. They talk about the new European Commission that will take office later this year, the revamp of the IAPP , mobile app compliance guidelines from the CNIL, the Global Privacy Assembly in Jersey, and much more. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europ...
Oct 01, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth talks with Meaghan McCluskey while dr. K Royal is enjoying a well deserved vacation. They talk about Meaghan's career in privacy, that brought her from the Office of the Ontario Privacy Commissioner to Nymity and then TrustArc, where she led the research teams providing daily updates on global privacy developments. Now, Meaghan is a consultant with The Privacy Pro , a boutique privacy consultancy based in Toronto. Also on the ...
Sep 22, 2024•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws around the world. They talk about the prohibition to use X in Brazil , a Spanish and a Swedish data protection fine, as well as the Global Privacy Assembly in Jersey. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobri...
Sep 17, 2024•36 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws around the world. They talk about transferring personal data to China , artificial intelligence and of course the fine Uber received for transferring personal data to the U.S. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy....
Sep 06, 2024•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws across various regions, including legislative updates in Latin America, the Middle East, Israel, Malaysia, and the U.S. They also highlight enforcement actions in Texas against General Motors and tracking , privacy concerns around AI chatbots in Europe, and data breaches involving the Danish family court. The script includes a personal segme...
Aug 21, 2024•33 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a hot week in privacy with the child safety bill which passed the US Senate ( covered wonderfully by IAPP ’s Cobun Zweifel-Keegan ), the recent US Supreme Court decision in the Netchoice case , the historical duty of care, and the Texas settlement with Meta for $1.2B for biometrics violations . But wait - there is more - recent events, amendments, enforcements, and pacts - from EU, Nigeria, Malaysi...
Aug 10, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal hone in on cybersecurity with a robust discussion on the Crowdstrike incident , the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (#DORA), and other cyberlaw topics. We also have a little on current events. Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy...
Aug 03, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a privacy mishmash - starting with the shot heard ‘round the world ( assassination attempt on Donald Trump ), followed by morality expectations of some professionals (like teachers, at least one teacher was fired for comments on the attempt ), the FTC’s actions against Calmara, #HeHealth’s controversial app (and kudos to the team who had to go through all those pics and videos) and NGL Labs , a vir...
Jul 28, 2024•34 min•Ep 25•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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 ...
Jul 18, 2024•37 min•Ep 24•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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 i...
Jul 11, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal hosted Vermont Rep. Monique Priestley (D) , one of the sponsors of the Vermont Data Privacy Act , which passed the VT legislature on May 11 only to be vetoed by Gov. Phil Scott (R) and faced a tight override effort . Today she’ll discuss the drivers behind the bill, touted as a truly different bill for the US, and what happens next. Tune in for some living, learning, and laughing. If you have comments or...
Jul 04, 2024•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss APRA resuscitation , #elections and #AI and #sensitive political data , NY Child’s Code , the CA and French MOU , the Norwegian DPA being forbidden to impose daily sanctions on Meta by the Privacy Board , government surveillance drama (criticized by Signal ), and even a little SpongeBob . And congrats to ZoomInfo for the first #TrustArc #AI certification. Tune in for some living, learning, and la...
Jun 29, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a couple of weeks in privacy. Topics include the Vermont Privacy Act veto heard around the world, updates in the European Parliament , the Digital Advertising Alliance webchoices 2.0 , a joint investigation by the UK and Canada into the 23andMe breach , Clearview AI’s settlement proposal , n oyb’s complaint against Google for its privacy sandbox , the Apple Intelligence announcement , Hong Kong’s g...
Jun 21, 2024•38 min•Ep 20•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text This week Paul and K are both travelling, so the recording was slightly more complex then usual. While K was in Arizone for the State Bar of Arizona 2024 Convention , Paul was in London for the inaugural edition of Legal Tech Talk . We bring you the highlights of both events, as well as some headlines of what has been happening in the world of privacy and data protection this week. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under...
Jun 16, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a couple of weeks in privacy - on the scary side. Topics include updates on the global CBPRs and PRPs, NOYB launched a complaint against open AI with the austrian data protection authority and 11 complaints against META , Italy reinstates chatGPT , the EDPB chatGPT task force report , a lawsuit against General Motors for IOT , the U. S. Department of Commerce announced some new initiatives under th...
Jun 07, 2024•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text In this 200th episode of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal (our views are our own and do not reflect the views of our employers) are joined by honorary co-host Ralph O'Brien , as well as Marie Penot to celebrate 4,5 years of podcasting. The four look back on what surprised and disappointed them these past year, but also talk about some current developments, including a Cypriot investigation into P*rnhub's data protection practices, the UK Data Protection ...
Jun 01, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal (our views are our own and do not reflect the views of our employers) connect with Irith Kist , the Data Protection Officer at the Netherlands Cancer Institute , also a member of the Data Protection Advisory Commission of the City of Amsterdam. However, she is also a health data researcher herself, and on the 5th of June, she will defend her dissertation at Leiden University called A Fair Balance. This i...
May 24, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss a holy week in privacy where the V’s took front page - the Vatican issued a privacy decree and Vermont is trying to pass a strong privacy law and a coalition of state Attorneys General signed a letter imploring Congress not to preempt their privacy laws . In addition, CO AI bill is in front of the governor , Maryland passed a kids code , Google and Apple is hosting their annual developers confere...
May 17, 2024•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On this week of Serious Privacy , Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss a hot week in privacy! Topics include the amendment of Colorado’s privacy act to include protecting children , CT’s AI bill did not pass , but the TikTok bill was rolled not a foreign aid bill . ByteDance is ordered to divest themselves of TikTok by January 19, 2025 with the allowance for a 90 days extension. But Bytedance has already filed a suit in the DC Court of Appeals and no matter what the...
May 10, 2024•37 min•Transcript available on Metacast Send us a text On 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 IG @seriousprivacy, and on Blue Sky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.a...
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