
Serious Privacy
For those who are interested in the hottest field in a technology world. Whether you are a professional who wants to learn more about privacy, data protection, or cyber law or someone who just finds this fascinating, we have topics for you from data management to cybersecurity to social justice and data ethics and AI. In-depth information on serious privacy topics. This podcast, hosted by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien, features open, unscripted discussions with global privacy professionals (those kitchen table or back porch conversations) where you hear the opinions and thoughts of those who are on the front lines working on the newest issues in handling personal data. Real information on your schedule - because the world needs serious privacy.Follow us on BlueSky (@seriousprivacy.eu) or LinkedIn
Latest episodes

May 8, 2025 • 23min
A week in privacy with Ralph and K
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect to cover a week in privacy as Paul Breitbarth is away. This weeks shorter episode includes a guide to what’s coming up from Serious Privacy at IAPP summit in DC, a penalty from the UK ICO, EDPB draft Guidance on blockchain, state laws, enforcement actions, and more!Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Some resourceshttps://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/04/law-firm-fined-60-000-following-cyber-attack/https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2025/edpb-adopts-guidelines-processing-personal-data-through-blockchains-and-ready_enhttps://iapp.org/resources/article/us-state-privacy-legislation-tracker/#state-privacy-law-chartPowered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

May 3, 2025 • 42min
A week in privacy plus Summit Day 2 recap
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal have a short week in privacy (a lot about #Meta and children using #AI) along with some updates on the IAPP #GPS25 where we learned that it was all about the people, such as our friends at TrustArc, Ben Siegal, Dan Solove, and so many others. Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Apr 24, 2025 • 32min
The 30 Year Plan: Live from IAPP GPS25
Send us a textWe are a little late this week, but with good reason: Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal were attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. and bring you their report from the Opening General Session of the conference. The speakers during this session were professor Lawrence Lessig, Hans Peter Brøndmo and Catie Cuan, each reflecting on 25 years of IAPP and what is next for us privacy professionals. Apparently: it's robots!Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Apr 16, 2025 • 42min
Not your Grandma's Cookies (with Darren Abernethy)
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect with Darren Abernethy of Greenberg Traurig to discuss all things #cookies and #trackers.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Apr 10, 2025 • 40min
A Challenging Week in Privacy
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien, and Dr. K Royal make it personal. They talk about their own mental health in light of busy workloads and global developments, whether privacy related or not. And they talk about the 23andme bankruptcy and what that means for personal data, as well as a fine issued by the Jersey Data Protection Authority..Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Apr 4, 2025 • 32min
F to the T to the C - a slow but substantive week in privacy
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth , Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal talk about the controversy with executive changes to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission #FTC, the UK #adequacy extension, and the Norwegian decision about Data Protection Officer #DPO conflicts of interest.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Mar 27, 2025 • 37min
A Month in Privacy
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal cover a month in privacy. This includes UK adequacy, the March meeting of the European Data Protection Board where they released a statement on the implementation of the PNR directive, we talk about BCRS and the number of companies who have adopted BCRs and BSPRs, and the UK list of BCRs, court cases, we talk about the future of the GDPR and lots of data protection consultation, and that is just the European part of it.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Mar 19, 2025 • 42min
Whatever it Takes (with Rowenna Fielding)
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect with MissIGGeek herself, Rowenna Fielding on all things ethics.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Mar 13, 2025 • 34min
Out of the AI Frying Pan (with Joanne Furtsch)
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal join Joanne Furtsch, VP extraordinaire of TrustArc to discuss all things #AI. Tune in to learn about the practical and innovative aspects of AI and its privacy and data protection implications.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

Mar 5, 2025 • 30min
The Volatile Side of Privacy & Data Protection (with Joe Jones)
Send us a textOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, were off (busy with professional lives), so Dr. K Royal connected with Joe Jones of the IAPP, Director of Research and Insights. They discuss how Joe got started in privacy - building from international trade as a lawyer and then BAM! Out came the GDPR, Joe then migrated to the #UK government, and quickly into the #IAPP, moving to the US about two years ago.Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring! Powered by TrustArc Powered by TrustArcIf 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 Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.