

Serious Privacy
Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien
The PICCASO award winning Podcast, for those who are interested in the hottest field of human rights and laws on the digital frontier. Whether you are a professional who wants to learn more about privacy and privacy laws, data protection, GDPR or cyber law or someone who just finds this fascinating, we have topics for you from data management to cybersecurity, from social justice to data ethics and AI and digital identity protection. In-depth information on serious privacy topics including interviews with privacy leadership, privacy culture, serious discussions, and more. 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
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Mar 1, 2023 • 41min
All the Privacy Love: CCPA enforcement letters and SCOTUS
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool chat with Amy Worley, the Managing Director & Associate General Counsel at BRG on topics such as the enforcement letters sent out by the California Attorney General’s office on the do not sell / share my data requirement of the CCPA (as amended by the CPRA). We also discuss key US Supreme Court hearings in Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh and Gonzalez v. Google LLC, involving Section 230(c)(1) of the Communications Decency Act. Join us to hear some wonderful open conversation on these critical events.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast app so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Feb 22, 2023 • 41min
A week in Privacy with demonstrations, FTC, Meta, and more!
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool discuss some of the hottest privacy news - spanning the Op-Ed in the Wall Street Journal by FTC Commissioner Christine Wilson (R) who has indicated her intention to resign to the Netherlands’ outlawing social media posts to the mounting opposition to the EU-US Data Protection Framework (the Thingy”). Paul put it very well in this IAPP article "With the EPDB's opinion on the framework weeks away, I think the Parliament's resolution is very timely, and might also influence the (data protection authorities') debate on whether or not the framework is indeed essentially equivalent." Maastricht University European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity Senior Visiting Fellow Paul Breitbarth said. "I have no doubt it is a big step in the right direction, but I'm not convinced it is enough." We also touched lightly on an order against Meta and their law firm related to the Cambridge AnalyticaAs always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Feb 16, 2023 • 38min
Learning on the Run: Lets go Apprenticing (Emma Godfree)
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool meet with Emma Godfree part of the Data Protection & Information Governance apprenticeship program (recall Episode 26 of Season 3 with Barry Moult and Ralph O’Brien). She has been working as a data protection consultancy for 2.5 years, currently with iStorm. She also makes the amazing Lego clips explaining data protection basics, that you may have seen on LinkedIn. Let’s talk about what she has learned, and what experiences she can share, in today’s episode.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @TrustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Feb 8, 2023 • 42min
Fediverse and Cats (Carey Lening)
Send us a textIn this season 4, second episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool meet with Carey Lening with Castlebridge, a Dublin-based data consultancy, as an outside DPO (privacat). She has over 20 years of experience assessing risks and enabling data security and data protection for companies like Facebook, Palantir, and numerous Fortune 500 companies. She recently gave a talk at the Rise of Privacy Tech event, titled “Is the Fediverse Ready to Think about Privacy?” And we are here to find out… As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Jan 28, 2023 • 56min
We're Back and already loving Season 4
Send us a textIn the first episode of season 4 of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool welcome season 4 launching on Data Protection / Privacy Day 2023! From current events, to laws, to breaches, to SCCs - we probably covered it all! Paul even challenged ChatGPT to describe our season 1.The Serious Privacy podcast, by TrustArc, season 1 covered a variety of core topics related to privacy and data protection. Some of the key topics discussed in season 1 include:Overview of key privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPAThe role of Artificial Intelligence in privacy and data protectionBest practices for creating and implementing a data privacy programImpact of privacy on different industries such as healthcare and financeThe future of privacy and data protection and how it will shape our worldReal-world examples of data breaches and how to respond to themHow to handle sensitive data and protect against cyber threatsCurrent trends in data privacy and the challenges of protecting personal information in the digital ageOverall, season 1 of the Serious Privacy podcast aimed to provide listeners with a comprehensive understanding of the current state of data privacy and the challenges that organizations face in protecting personal information in the digital age. It also provided practical tips and best practices for organizations to create and implement a data privacy program to protect sensitive data and comply with regulations.Should you have any questions or suggestions, please reach out to us via seriousprivacy@trustarc.com or info@seriousprivacy.eu, or via Twitter at @podcastprivacy. You find us on LinkedIn as well - just look for Serious Privacy. You will find K on Twitter as @heartofprivacy and myself as @EuroPaulB. If 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.

Dec 31, 2022 • 46min
This is the Year that Was (Season Finale 2022)
Send us a textOn the final day of 2022, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool, look back at the year 2022 - a year where a lot has happened. In the season three finale of Serious Privacy, they discuss some of the highlights of past episodes. In 2022, Paul and K made 45 Serious Privacy episodes, this one included, bringing our total to 139. They have had 25 guests, 4 conference reports, five episodes with Ralph O'Brien as co-host and one crossover episode with the Data Diva and Privacy Please podcasts. And all this content was good for almost 43,000 downloads since the start of 2022. Thank you to all of our listeners and guests - we love what we do and we love even more that you love it too.Resources:Episode S03E03 on the IAB TCF decisionEpisode S03E05 on DPIAsEpisode S03E09 celebrating 100 episodesEpisode S03E11 on data protection in AfricaEpisode S03E22 on backups and data retentionEpisode S03E28 - the cross-over episodeEpisode S03E30 on all things CEpisode S03E32 on Sam ElliottAs always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Dec 22, 2022 • 39min
A Disappointing Thingy
Send us a textOn 13 December 2022, the European Commission published the long-awaited draft adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, among podcast listeners also known as the Thingy. In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool talk about the adequacy decision, and what they consider is missing from it. Resources:Draft Adequacy DecisionIAPP Privacy Shield - DPF comparisonODNI Redress ProcessExecutive Order 14086OECD Policy Framework on Digital Security As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Dec 16, 2022 • 33min
Brussels Dispatch: Medical Data Challenges (from the My Data Trust Summit)
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool talk about health data and medical research. Paul recently attended the 10th Summit of MyData-Trust, a Belgium-based consultancy company, where he interviewed a number of people, including on the European Health Data Space. K, as a former nurse, adds her views to the conversation. Speakers:Mark Jones (UCB)Mathilde Faure (My Data Trust)Roxana Albu (EORTC)Filip Karan (European Public Health Alliance)As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Dec 8, 2022 • 40min
(copy)Right on!: Where enforcement meets Privacy (Glyn Moody)
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal of Outschool have a rousing good time with Glyn Moody, author of the recent book Walled Culture: How Big Content Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Keep Creators Poor. Join us for a lively conversation about copyright and mass surveillance in pursuit of copyright enforcement.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.

Dec 2, 2022 • 40min
Just Do Something - Privacy Metrics with Dr. Gary Edwards
Send us a textIn this episode of Serious Privacy, Dr. K Royal of Outschool connect with Dr. Gary Edwards, Co-founder and President of Golfdale Consulting to discuss fascinating privacy program metrics involving over 1400 respondents and more than 30 countries. The findings are pretty interesting. Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki is traveling currently and was not able to join us.As always, if you have comments or questions, let us know - LinkedIn, Twitter @podcastprivacy @euroPaulB @heartofprivacy @trustArc and email seriousprivacy@trustarc.com. Please do like and write comments on your favorite podcast act so other professionals can find us easier. If 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.


