

"The Data Diva" Talks Privacy Podcast
Debbie Reynolds
The Debbie Reynolds "The Data Diva" Talks podcast features thought-provoking discussions with global leaders on data privacy challenges affecting businesses. This podcast delves into emerging technologies, international laws and regulations, data ethics, individual privacy rights, and future trends. With listeners in over 123 countries, we offer valuable insights for anyone interested in navigating the evolving data privacy landscape.Did you know that "The Data Diva" Talks Privacy podcast has over 636,000 downloads, listeners in 123 countries and 2707 cities, and is ranked globally in the top 5% of podcasts? Here are more of our accolades:Here are some of our podcast awards and statistics:#1 Data Privacy Podcast Worldwide 2024 (Privacy Plan)The 10 Best Data Privacy Podcasts In The Digital Space 2024 (bCast) Best Data Privacy Podcasts 2024 (Player FM)Best Data Privacy Podcasts Top Shows of 2024 (Goodpods)Best Privacy and Data Protection Podcasts of 2024 (Termageddon)Top 40 Data Security Podcasts You Must Follow 2024 (Feedspot)12 Best Privacy Podcasts for 2023 (RadarFirst)14 Best Privacy Podcasts To Listen To In This Digital Age 2023 (bCast)Top 10 Data Privacy Podcasts 2022 (DataTechvibe)20 Best Data Rights Podcasts of 2021 (Threat Technology Magazine)20 Best European Law Podcasts of 2021 (Welp Magazine)20 Best Data Privacy Rights & Data Protection Podcast of 2021 (Welp Magazine)20 Best Data Breach Podcasts of 2021 (Threat Technology Magazine)Top 5 Best Privacy Podcasts 2021 (Podchaser)Business Audience Demographics34 % Data Privacy decision-makers (CXO)24 % Cybersecurity decision-makers (CXO)19 % Privacy Tech / emerging Tech companies17% Investor Groups (Private Equity, Venture Capital, etc.)6 % Media / Press / Regulators / AcademicsReach StatisticsPodcast listeners in 123+ countries and 2741+ cities around the worldOver 636,000 + downloads globally Top 5% of 3 million + globally ranked podcasts of 2024 (ListenNotes)Top 50 Peak in Business and Management 2024 (Apple Podcasts)Top 5% in weekly podcast downloads 2024 (The Podcast Host)3,038 - Average 30-day podcast downloads per episode 5,000 to 11,500 - Average Monthly LinkedIn podcast posts Impressions 14,800 + Monthly Data Privacy Advantage Newsletter SubscribersDebbie Reynolds, "The Data Diva," has made a name for herself as a leading voice in the world of Data Privacy and Emerging Technology with a focus on industries such as AdTech, FinTech, EdTech, Biometrics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Manufacturing, Smart Cities, Privacy Tech, Smartphones, and Mobile App development. With over 20 years of experience in Emerging Technologies, Debbie has established herself as a trusted advisor and thought leader, helping organizations navigate the complex landscape of Data Privacy and Data Protection. As the CEO and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC, Debbie brings a unique combination of technical expertise, business acumen, and passionate advocacy to her work.Visit our website to learn more: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/
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Nov 22, 2022 • 51min
The Data Diva E107 - Keith Budden and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Keith Budden, Managing Director at Ensurety. We discuss his podcast and book, “GDPR Made Simple”, the tendency to overstate the complexity of the GDPR, the generally false threat of disgruntled employees and the true nature of insider threats, the correct mindset and fewer errors, the reactionary view of GDPR in the US, actions are needed as well as policies, frustration when advice is ignored, and the need to emphasize it’s the importance and document it, the human side of data privacy training, common sense, and GDPR, over-emphasis on consent, regulations not connected to current reality, UK is between US and EU in terms of privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Nov 15, 2022 • 49min
The Data Diva E106 - Peter Counter and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Peter Counter, Editor in Chief at FindBiometrics & Mobile ID World; Culture and Technology Writer. We discuss his experience as a trade journalist in technology topics, biometrics and the leading edge, simple BIPA compliance, BIPA simplicity and focus on human rights an the individual, problems with data collection and retention, AI needs to be balanced by human guidance, the Privacy, Identity and the Big Game Session of the Travel and Hospitality Biometrics Summit, trust is required for comfort with biometrics, benefits of consent in biometrics, managing the challenge of identity and authentication, biometrics in the workplace and bossware and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Nov 8, 2022 • 40min
The Data Diva E105 - Zacharias Voulgaris and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Zacharias Voulgaris, Data Science Consultant, Author, and Mentor in Data Science and Data Analytics. We discuss his podcast “Analytics and Privacy” and his book “The Data Path Less Traveled” (Amazon), his fascination with math and programming from an early age and steady progress towards a PhD, the need for recognition of the effect of one’s work in privacy on individuals, 7-11 Australian biometric privacy case and the dangers of innovation, Big Data and the dangers it brings, increased data quality resulting from improved privacy, his current concerns in privacy and data, UK AI accountability proposals, where do data science and Data Privacy intersect and interact, privacy policies and flexibility, clarity minimizes risk and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Nov 1, 2022 • 45min
The Data Diva E104- Vikas Malhotra and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Vikas Malhotra, Founder and CEO of WOPLLI Technologies, Co-Chair - Trust over IP Foundation’s AI & Metaverse taskforce, and Chair of IEEE’s Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems for an IEEE project called "Cybersecurity for Next Generation Connectivity Systems". We discuss his early career in electronics and system integration, trust and the Internet, human centricity, and our work together with IEEE Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems. identity, self-sovereign identity, privacy as an agency, the benefits of privacy to organizations, the cloud has encouraged retention of data, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future. Support the show

Oct 25, 2022 • 49min
The Data Diva E103 - Cameron Kerry and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Cameron Kerry, Former General Counsel and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Obama Administration, Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Center for Technology & Innovation. At Brookings and the MIT Media Lab, Cameron Kerry is applying his experience as a government thought leader on technology and public policy as a speaker, writer, and researcher on current issues in these areas. His work is focusing especially on privacy and information security and the application of privacy principles to fast-changing global business and technology. We discuss our meeting at the Berkeley Forum and the now mainstream nature of privacy, his unique path in public, private and academic spheres, why privacy is so important for him, surveillance no longer requires human presence, recent developments regarding the Cloud Act and data transfer between the US, the EU, and the UK, 2 streams of thought on surveillance and data transfers, the ADPPA (American Data Privacy Protection Act), California privacy vs. the ADPPA, US Chamber of Commerce objections to ADPPA, his privacy concerns about current technologies, human vs. consumer rights and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.This episode is a MUST listen for anyone who wants to know what is happening with Data Privacy in the U.S. on a state-federal and International level. Support the show

Oct 18, 2022 • 47min
The Data Diva E102 - Tom Chavez and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Tom Chavez, CEO, and Co-Founder of Ketch. We discuss Tom, background in data and the reason behind his interest in the Data Privacy problem for businesses, the reason behind forming Ketch, early expectations of the outcome of Data Privacy regulations, the importance of trust by design, the proliferation of DSAR features, the way that Ketch eliminates many traditionally manual steps in implementing Data Privacy, the proliferation of duplication of data, knowledge of where data is and how to deal with data sprawl, the hidden costs of middleware (connectors and API’s), how legacy data can be managed by Ketch, companies need to ask the right questions, the Ketch privacy study about consumer attitudes and buying intent related to Data Privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Oct 11, 2022 • 49min
The Data Diva E101 - Collin Walke and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Collin Walke, Attorney and State Representative, State of Oklahoma. We discuss Collin’s authorship of the first opt-in Data Privacy bill in the US, his service on numerous working groups and committees as a state representative, his path to Data Privacy, a revelation about data brokers and challenges of state by state laws, the states taking the lead on Data Privacy, the lack of privacy at our foundation, the legislative process for how bills get passed in US states, the difficulty involved in presenting legislation and the example of California, the desire of each state to do privacy differently and corporate, political and other influences, the success of the NY Shield Act and BIPA in Illinois, slow progress of US compared to EU on privacy regulations, privacy needs to be a long term goal, the need for a separate agency to oversee privacy, lack of a cohesive national approach to privacy and the digital divide, the problem with the 3rd party doctrine and privacy, consent without real choice and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Oct 4, 2022 • 46min
The Data Diva E100 Roy Smith and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Roy Smith, CEO, PrivacyCheq. We discuss his atypical journey into privacy by coding for the original IBM PC, involvement in digital music production and recording as one of the founders of digital audio company Turtle Beach, his family’s background in patents, COPPA, CCPA and children’s privacy between ages 13 and 16, the impact of states are creating privacy laws in the absence of US Federal legislation, lack of standardization in consumer-based privacy laws, the problem of complexity and fragmentation in privacy, global privacy control and the return of do not track, trouble ahead for companies that don’t see the need for privacy, the death of cookies, browser retention fingerprinting the business advantage of privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Sep 27, 2022 • 44min
The Data Diva E99 - Leila Golchehreh and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Leila R. Golchehreh, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Relyance AI. We discuss her background and what Relyance AI does in privacy and data governance, the difficulties of understanding the needs of large organizations, the proactive and the reactive parts of compliance, changes in products that create privacy havoc, and the impact of the lack of Data Privacy as a human right on people’s health and other rights after the Roe v. Wade and Dobbs decisions, the idea of “data as the new gold” has led to risk due to their overcollection and retention of data, the Amazon acquisition of One Medical and data retention and minimization of legacy data, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Sep 20, 2022 • 52min
The Data Diva E98 - Bogdan Grigorescu and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Bogdan Grigorescu, VP, Head of Quality Assurance Engineering & AI Systems, Scaling Automation at Afiniti. We discuss his interest in data, AI, automation and his career trajectory, the human impact of automation, the effects of automation on Data Privacy and security, the need for trust when data is gathered, and those without access can slip through the digital divide, his post on “Automating Harm”, the need for human control and judgment in AI systems, the Google researcher who claimed a chatbot had become sentient, the importance of acknowledging psychological considerations in automated systems, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future. Support the show