"The Data Diva" Talks Privacy Podcast
Debbie Reynolds
The Data Diva Talks Privacy PodcastThe Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast features thought-provoking discussions with global leaders on the most pressing data privacy challenges facing businesses today. Each episode explores emerging technologies, international laws and regulations, data ethics, individual rights, and the future of privacy in a rapidly evolving digital world.With listeners in more than 130 countries and 2,900 cities, the podcast delivers valuable insights for executives, technologists, regulators, and anyone navigating the global data privacy landscape.Global Reach and RankingsRanked in the Top 2% of 4.6 million podcasts worldwideTop 5% of 3 million+ podcasts globally (2024) – ListenNotesMore than 850,000 downloads worldwideTop 5% in weekly podcast downloads (2024) – The Podcast HostTop 50 peak in Business and Management (2024) – Apple PodcastsRecognition and Awards#1 Data Privacy Podcast Worldwide 2024 – Privacy PlanThe 10 Best Data Privacy Podcasts in the Digital Space 2024 – bCastBest Data Privacy Podcasts 2024 – Player FMBest Data Privacy Podcasts – Top Shows of 2024 – GoodpodsBest Privacy and Data Protection Podcasts 2024 – TermageddonTop 40 Data Security Podcasts You Must Follow 2024 – Feedspot#1 Global Data Privacy Podcast (2021, 2022, 2023)Community Champion Award – Privacy First Awards, Transcend (2024)20 Best Data Rights Podcasts – Threat Technology Magazine (2021)Audience Demographics34% Data Privacy decision-makers (CXO level)24% Cybersecurity decision-makers (CXO level)19% Privacy Tech and Emerging Tech companies17% Investor Groups (Private Equity, Venture Capital, etc.)6% Media, Press, Regulators, and AcademicsEngagement and Reach1,000–1,500 average weekly downloads5,000–11,500 average monthly LinkedIn impressionsMore than 14,000 subscribers to the Data Privacy Advantage newsletterSponsor Impact4 podcast sponsors secured funding within 12 months of featuring$25 million average funding raised per sponsor3 average new enterprise customer sales per sponsor within 6 monthsAbout Debbie ReynoldsDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is a globally recognized authority on Data Privacy and Emerging Technology. With more than 20 years of experience, she advises organizations across industries including AdTech, FinTech, EdTech, Biometrics, IoT, AI, Smart Manufacturing, and Privacy Tech. As CEO and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC, she combines technical expertise, business strategy, and global regulatory insight to help organizations retain value, reduce risk, and increase revenue.Learn more: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/
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Apr 12, 2022 • 38min
The Data Diva E75 - Cillian Kieran and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Cillian Kieran, Founder & CEO, Ethyca. We discuss his career journey and background in software engineering, his data interest and transition to a company that helps companies manage data while accounting for the obligations that organizations have to regulators and individuals, the lack of understanding about digital data flow and Data Privacy, the contrast between the operational data and legal side of privacy, the different flavors of data mapping, exploring the potential friction encountered when encouraging proper Data Privacy practices, the similarities in Data Privacy challenges for organizations of all sizes, what is going on in the privacy world that is of concern, the notion of software engineering compared to civil engineering, Data infrastructure that runs the world, the impact of new regulations on data like the EU’ Digital Services Act, data monopolies in antitrust and competition law, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Apr 5, 2022 • 36min
The Data Diva E74 - Dr. Nicol Turner Lee and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Dr. Nicol Turner Lee Senior Fellow, Center for Technology Innovation, The Brookings Institution. We discuss this issue of the Digital Divide, her upcoming book, “The Digital Invisible: How the Internet is Creating the New Underclass”, her career path lead to her work at the Brookings Institution, the lack of digital access, and examples of real-world impacts, using applied sociology to highlight challenges in digital life, how poverty can affect privacy, addressing AI harms and delayed redress, unknown factors of digital life and Data Privacy which can affect consumers, the need for US Federal privacy legislation, emerging digital strategies, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Mar 29, 2022 • 37min
The Data Diva E73 - Adriaan van Rossum and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva”, talks to Adrian Van Rossum, Founder, Simple Analytics. We discuss his early Webmaster experience and the realization that the Internet can be a data privacy risk, the implication of the recent EU ruling on Google Analytics and data transfer to the US, data transfer without the knowledge of the individual, how fonts on websites can lead to Data Privacy violations, the misfortune of assuming major analytics tools are properly compliant with Data Privacy regulations without user configuration, the asymmetry of value exchange when using free Internet tools, his concerns about the power concentration in browsers, the current regulatory focus on analytics in Europe and attention paid to analytics in the US, the vast extent of data collection on the Internet, companies conforming to data protection regulations and his hopes for Data Privacy in the future. Use this link to get an exclusive Data Diva offer from Simple Analytics. https://simpleanalytics.com/datadivaSupport the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Mar 22, 2022 • 45min
The Data Diva E72 - Robin Meyer and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Robin Meyer, General Counsel at TokenEx. We discuss her passion for privacy and emphasis on it for General Counsels, what tokenization is and how TokenEx leverages this technology, the advantage of tokenization regarding data classification, tokenization can protect sensitive data, her current concerns about privacy and technology, concerns about biometric access technology and data redundancy, differences in Data Privacy in US and EU, a wide variety of Data Privacy policies in US companies and laws which are mainly consumer-based, getting buy-in and cooperation in Data Privacy, Data Privacy is becoming critical to profitability, concerns over adverse or invasive conclusions of AI systems, examination of potential future AI and Metaverse harm, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Mar 15, 2022 • 52min
The Data Diva E71 - Nishant Bhajaria and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Nishant Bhajaria, Director of Privacy Engineering at Uber, and Author of the book titled Data Privacy: A runbook for engineers. We discuss his operational focus on Data Privacy, the large gap between operational and legal Data Privacy and the need for collaboration between them, the shift from precedent to current proactive policy, successful tech companies and collaboration, the challenge of data deletion, the data life cycle and a new emphasis on purpose, his greatest concerns in Data Privacy, trust and data quality, regulation verses the understanding how technology works, focus on potential harm rather than technology, Data Privacy focused technology, helping organizations ask the right about data privacy, great career advice for technology people who want to enter the Data Privacy field, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future."Nishant Bhajaria is the Director of Privacy Engineering at Uber; he has led teams of engineers, architects and data scientists to help operationalize privacy programs at Google, Netflix and Nike. He is also the author of the recently published book Data Privacy: a runbook for engineers and teaches courses on cybersecurity, career development and inclusive leadership on LinkedIn."NOTE: Manning Publications has offered a generous discount to “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast listeners to purchase Nishant Bhajaria’s book called “Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers.” Please see the podcast transcript for details on how to take advantage of the discount to get the book.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Mar 8, 2022 • 35min
The Data Diva E70 - Zach Warren and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Zach Warren, Editor-in-Chief at Legaltech News. We discuss his journey from journalism into legal technology news, expanding legal technology coverage to include voices in all areas of legal technology, the rapid advancements in legal technology due to cloud computing, the shift to technology becoming a major factor in the legal profession, his interest in highlighting legal cases with a technology components, the data privacy landscape in the US including the rapid rise of state regulations, the IRS and their facial recognition plans in the news, the issues complicating steps toward US national Data Privacy policy, his skill at predicting Data Privacy developments on the horizon, Apple’s privacy push and the future fortunes of organizations who put privacy first, transparency as a key component of data privacy, data privacy regulations in the US around children’s data, and his wish for Data Privacy in the future. Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Mar 1, 2022 • 50min
The Data Diva E69 - Johnny Ryan and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Johnny Ryan, Senior Fellow at Irish Council for Civil Liberties, and Open Markets Institute. We discuss his early learning experiences in online publishing and the internet, holding organizations accountable for compliance with GDPR, explaining how ads on the internet work to policy makers and the role of enforcers, the need for litigation, and the impact of lax Data Privacy and enforcement, his IAB Europe case related to Real-time bidding (RTB) ad systems, current enforcement challenges with the GDPR, Irish Data Protection Commission and other regulatory authorities, the impact of the IAB Europe case around the world, Real-Time Bidding and immediate harm to individuals, need for discussion of actual Data Protection practices, the next steps in the IAB Europe case, positive benefits of the removal of personal data from RTB bid requests, potentially good news for legitimate advertisers and publishers, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Feb 22, 2022 • 48min
The Data Diva E68 - Tansie Iwafuchi and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Tansie Iwafuchi, Export Compliance Manager, Global Trade, Splunk, a subject matter expert in Global Trade Compliance, Export Control Regulations, and Encryption. We discuss what are “Export Controls” and why they are important, data flow and export controls, technologies that can use specific information may be subject, the fluid nature of export control restrictions, problems of surveillance with technology exports, The US and China Tiktok issue with export controls, Data Privacy and parallels with some data localization requirements, understanding limitations or data, and technology exports, advice for smaller tech companies related to export controls, concerns about privacy and export controls, intrusive IoT, and her hopes for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Feb 15, 2022 • 1h 4min
The Data Diva E67 - Ralph O’Brien and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Ralph O’Brien, Founder, and CEO of Reinbo Consulting Ltd., the United Kingdom. We discuss his journey into Data Privacy, the most surprising thing in Data Protection and Data Privacy since GDPR was enacted, the need for a multidisciplinary approach to Data Protection, his primary concern about Data Protection, Data Protection in the UK after Brexit, the impact of Schrems II and EU adequacy on the UK, law enforcement uses of data vs. the GDPR, the geopolitical Data Privacy landscape of the EU, US, and the UK, Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) in China, the trend toward more data localization and criminal penalties in Asia/Pacific, penalties may be harsh and swift, the Importance of UK Lloyd vs. Google case, the concern of big corporations over class-action lawsuits for privacy infractions, and his hopes for Data Privacy in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
Feb 8, 2022 • 45min
The Data Diva E66 - Oana (Stere) Ducuță and Debbie Reynolds
Send us a textDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Oana (Stere) Ducuță, Data Protection Officer, Verifone eCommerce (Romania). We discuss her journey into Data Privacy, the importance of the EU’s 1995 Data Directive, being in Data Privacy before GDPR, common misconceptions about Data Protection, data protection policies in organizations that manage consumer data, right to be forgotten vs. the right of erasure, access controls and data privacy, managing Data Protection for children with technology, limitations on international data transfers, the importance of privacy by design, executive advice to privacy professionals on getting cooperation, finding champions of Data Privacy in organizations, the need for simpler Data Privacy policies, and her hopes for Data Privacy and Protection in the future.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5p Debbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC
