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Serious Privacy

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.

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Honey, Where's the Kids' Data? Sep 28, 2023

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On this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal talk about children's data, following the recent decision of the Irish Data Protection Commission in the TikTok case. Apart from a fine of 345 million Euro, the authority also ordered TikTok to change some of their policies, especially where children are concerned. Reason enough for us to dive a little deeper into children's data, age appropriate design, and what consent for children and their parents should look like.

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!

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Let's go Big: Privacy Class Action Lawsuits Sep 21, 2023

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On this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss privacy class action lawsuits featuring articles and information from Law.com with Richard Sheinis of Hall Booth Smith and Lisa Jaffee of Hiscox Insurance on Law.com about the class action “kill chain,” and one from Miller Nash by Brian Esler and Eva Novik on the new wave of class action lawsuits, featuring the Video Privacy Protection Act - and of course, mentioning our friends Ian Ballon of Greenberg Traurig and Constantine Karboliotis.

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!

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A long week in Privacy with Paul and Dr.K Sep 13, 2023

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss a lot of events in a long week of privacy as they lead up to attending the Nordic Privacy Arena, including The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ordering Meta to stop personalized advertising, Fairplay and the Center for Digital Democracy (calling for investigation related to Google ads and COPPA), Gatekeepers, China, S. Korea, SmartCars, Mozilla’s study on connected cars, OpenAI’s enterprise offering, and more.

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!

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The Ecstasy and Agony of Privacy in India with Malavika Raghavan Sep 07, 2023

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss the newly passed Digital Personal Data Act in India with Malavika Raghavan, PhD candidate in Information Systems and Innovation at the London School of Economics and Senior Fellow for India at the Future of Privacy Forum. Malavika is a lawyer with a background in policy-focused research, studying the impacts of digitisation on low-income individuals in India. In the past, she also worked several years for the global law firm Allen & Overy.

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!

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If it's broken, fix it (UK breaches with Ralph O'Brien) Aug 24, 2023

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In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Ralph O’Brien (together in a long time) to discuss some of the data breaches happening in the UK, such as a breach of the electoral records and police officers in Northern Ireland, historical breach statistics, and more.

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!

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Privacy Popcorn with Paul and K Aug 16, 2023

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In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal share a healthy serving of privacy popcorn featuring India’s new law, Georgia's new law, Meta news, Argentina and Kenya and Worldcoin, China, NIST Cybersecurity Framework call for comments, and more, including California's adequacy decision from the Dubai International Financial Center.

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!

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A good week in privacy with Paul and Dr. K Aug 10, 2023

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In this episode of Serious Privacy, powered by TrustArc, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal sum up recent developments in privacy, including Meta's intent to change its legal basis and offer Europeans a choice, a notable breach in the United Kingdom involving a former politician Nigel Farage and a CEO resigning due to a breach, a TikTok decision about its practices with minors, new U.S. state privacy law, and the proposed India privacy act (now passed that quickly).
We also discuss California's idea for adequacy in the EU, the new SEC rule for cybersecurity, the SEC fight with Covington and Burling to disclose clients impacted in a breach, and the

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!

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Tackling the Tough Topics: CSAM (Dr. Teresa Quintel and Alexander Hanff) Aug 03, 2023

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal tackle a topic that much trigger strong reactions, Child Sexual Abuse Materials or CSAM. Our guests today have worked a lot on this topic. Dr Teresa Quintel is attached to Maastricht University and mainly works on issues related to data protection in the law enforcement sector. Alexander Hanff is a long-time privacy activist. Both were participants in a panel discussion on the same topic during this year’s CPDP Conference in Brussels, and during today’s episode, you will learn why.

Links:

● https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_22_2976

● https://techcrunch.com/2022/05/11/eu-csam-detection-plan/?guccounter=1

● https://9to5mac.com/guides/csam/

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!

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Big tech in a small world (with Tom Kemp) Jul 26, 2023

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In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Tom Kemp, a Silicon Valley based author, entrepreneur, investor, and policy advisor. He founded a cybersecurity cloud provider and was one of the drivers behind the campaign to adopt the CPRA in California. And now he has written a book containing big tech that is out later this summer.

Whether we look at the whole range of new legal requirements, from the European Digital Services and Market Acts, to the US state privacy laws, to regulatory enforcement decisions and discussions about breaking up some of the very large online platforms, big tech is under fire.

And our guest today has a view on these issues and is not shy to share it. We discuss the overcollection and weaponization of our most sensitive data, problematic ways Big Tech uses AI to process and act upon our data, and also the stifling of competition and entrepreneurship due to Big Tech's dominant market positions. He also discusses some practical matters such as how to block trackers on your personal devices along with a history of the CPRA.

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!

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Mega Meta Privacy (Romain Robert and Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna) Jul 18, 2023

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, vice president for Global Privacy at the Future of Privacy Forum, and Romain Robert, Program Director and lawyer at NOYB to discuss the new landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union: Meta v Bundeskartellamt, where the Court not only decided that competition authorities can use data protection when deciding on the potential abuse of a dominant market position, but also made some important calls on online advertising. Plus, Paul adds in some breaking news.

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. K is on Twitter and threads as @heartofprivacy and Paul 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!

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