Ep 80: Insights on Privacy with Ron De Jesus, the Industry's First Field Chief Privacy Officer

How do you become a leader in the privacy space? Use video and content to make privacy and the profession more accessible? And define a whole new type of privacy role?

Join Ron De Jesus, Field Chief Privacy Officer at Transcend, as he shares what it’s like to be the first in the compliance industry to take on his innovative new role leading dialogues and creating spaces for discussion about the future of privacy. Pulling from his experience leading privacy at dating app companies like Grindr and Tinder and fashion houses like Tapestry and Coach, Ron leads with his extensive domain knowledge and first-hand understanding of privacy-related issues.

Listen as Ron discusses how he conducts interviews with privacy regulators, politicians, and activists in his video series “Field Notes,” the future of the CPO role in the age of AI, managing corporate reputations after privacy complaints, how to break into privacy without a law degree, and much more.

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Topics:
Introduction: 0:00
What is a Field Chief Privacy Officer?: 1:50
Producing a creative video webseries at Transcend: 6:54
Experimenting with video content as a freelance privacy consultant: 12:05
Coming into a role at a company dealing with privacy complaints: 15:50
Managing privacy-related communications issues: 19:01
Navigating a career break after alleging wrongful termination: 21:53
Thinking about new consent frameworks in the privacy industry: 24:40
How did you get your start in privacy?: 27:57
What is the future of the CPO role?: 33:56
Advice to young people who want to work in privacy: 36:19
How to find Ron: 39:34
Rapid-fire questions: 40:01
Book Recommendations: 41:28
What you wish you’d known as a young privacy professional: 42:42

Connect with us:
Ron De Jesus - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rondejesus/
Tyler Finn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/tylerhfinn
SpotDraft - https://www.linkedin.com/company/spotdraft

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