"The Data Diva" Talks Privacy Podcast

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

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

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

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Prashant Mahajan,  Founder & CTO,  of Privado. We the company’s growth and commitment to help organizations prevent privacy challenges at the code level, the problems Privado solves for organizations, how to get companies to be proactive about privacy, the conflict between data uses and compliance, addressing speed challenges in operations, majority of data privacy issues missed due to manual processes, how privacy changes affect AdTech and his company’s ability to help, the Ad industry now and the need for change course, how Privado makes the developer’s life easier, what he sees as future issues, harm is irreversible, and thus one should try to prevent it, his client's statements of benefits to them, companies benefit from Data Privacy automation and transparency, relying on memory brings risk to organizations and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Katy Pusch, Lead Director of Product & Integration, Cox2M. We discuss her beginning in analytics and project management, the importance of evaluating risk, the scope of her work in IoT, the great prevalence of IoT devices, what surprises her about new industries and products in data science, lack of adequate thought about more advanced tools, overcollection of data from consumers, incremental consent, problems of technological isolation, a class action BIPA suit in Illinois, the need for more transparency about the value of data, the regulatory focus on third-party data sharing, wearables and data collection, data brokers and HIPAA loopholes, respect for privacy benefits businesses and individuals, decision fatigue and the need for simplification, trust, data quality,  and her hope for Data Privacy in the futureSupport the show

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Heath Spencer, CEO, TraitWare. We discuss his early tech journey in business, the prevalence of password news in the media, TraitWare and its unique approach to multi-factor authentication, the importance of the business aspect of security through mobile devices, passwords remain necessary where smart devices are lacking, increase in multi-factor adoption due to COVID, decentralization of identity from business to individual, privacy and identity are often perceived as co-mingled, the appeal of using existing biometric devices, FIDO.org,  and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Stefanie Drysdale, Vice President, Cyber at Prescient. We discuss her career that led to Prescient, the risk of people at high levels who delegate tasks, digital impersonation risks, you have an online identity that must be protected, her current privacy concerns, use of security for children to open too many doors, false sense of technological security, preying on people’s vulnerability in applying pressure to act, vulnerability through social media, lack of awareness and action on privacy, the need to fight the idea that achieving privacy is futile, different levels of privacy may be achieved, the increasing prevalence of deep fakes, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Susie Alegre, International Human Rights Lawyer, Author of Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate our Minds. We discuss her background initially in philosophy and then human rights law, Cambridge Analytica and algorithmic power, the advantage of a philosophic background in critical thinking, her concerns about privacy in technology, the Metaverse and its effect on behavior, emotional AI, new sensors are gathering more significant and revealing data, the false analogy of Internet as a library as the search shows us each different results, what is the social cost of Data Privacy abuse, reducing the negative impact on people, consider the potential harm of technology first, the UK Algorithmic Transparency Framework, simplicity of information important due to its volume,  and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the show

Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Bianca Lopes, Identity & Access Advocate for Humanity, Co-Founder,  Talle. We discuss her start in political science and diplomacy, business and banking, identity fueling the shift from corporate to individual rights, fear leads to the desire for both more openness and more security, the problems in the use of identity systems, privacy, and protection for organizations, the need for healthy customer relationships to create trust, the value exchange between business and individuals, the concern for the individual’s benefit to be a core value, biometrics and Data Privacy, high risk of data with low business value, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future. Support the show

Send us a textIn episode 91 of “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast, Debbie Reynolds talks to Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO, Mine PrivacyOps, Israel. We discuss his journey to privacy from his start in security and his desire to help the individual, most people are unaware that they can request a copy of their data or be forgotten in the EU, lack of fine control and transparency, and how his company enables people to know what companies know about them, the ever-increasing threat to privacy and providing choice, more than 300,000 people saved from a data breach by his software, services extended to businesses, the 4 main problems companies have in privacy and the importance of easy deployment, implementation of privacy solutions, importance of being proactive in the approach to privacy, many companies take a backward approach to privacy, shadow IT, the importance of considering data used by former employees and data mapping, his views on privacy and the importance of his company’s ability to solve the problem and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Thank you to our sponsor Mine Privacy Ops, The first platform dedicated to handling data privacy operations while placing consumers and user experience at the center. #1 highest rated Data Privacy Management Software, the #1 highest rated DSR/DSAR Software, and the #1 highest-rated Sensitive Data Discover Software in the industry on G2, the leading business software and services reviews platform. Use Mine PrivacyOps as your organization's data privacy management solution and receive a 20% discount on DSR, Data Mapping, and ROPA modules.*.To get the discount, contact support@syamin.com and aThe Data Diva exclusives  information will be available in the podcast show notes, our monthly Data Privacy Advantage newsletter, and the podcast transcript posted on debbereynoldsconsulting.comFind out more about Mine Privacy Ops at this website; Business.saymine.com. Enjoy the show Support the show