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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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A week in privacy with Ralph and K May 08, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect to cover a week in privacy as Paul Breitbarth is away. This weeks shorter episode includes a guide to what’s coming up from Serious Privacy at IAPP summit in DC, a penalty from the UK ICO, EDPB draft Guidance on blockchain, state laws, enforcement actions, and more!

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Some resources

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/media-centre/news-and-blogs/2025/04/law-firm-fined-60-000-following-cyber-attack/
https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/news/2025/edpb-adopts-guidelines-processing-personal-data-through-blockchains-and-ready_en
https://iapp.org/resources/article/us-state-privacy-legislation-tracker/#state-privacy-law-chart

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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.

A week in privacy plus Summit Day 2 recap May 03, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal have a short week in privacy (a lot about #Meta and children using #AI) along with some updates on the IAPP #GPS25 where we learned that it was all about the people, such as our friends at TrustArc, Ben Siegal, Dan Solove, and so many others. Please subscribe in your favorite podcast app - sharing is caring!

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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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.

The 30 Year Plan: Live from IAPP GPS25 Apr 25, 2025

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We are a little late this week, but with good reason: Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal were attending the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington D.C. and bring you their report from the Opening General Session of the conference. The speakers during this session were professor Lawrence Lessig, Hans Peter Brøndmo and Catie Cuan, each reflecting on 25 years of IAPP and what is next for us privacy professionals. Apparently: it's robots!

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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Not your Grandma's Cookies (with Darren Abernethy) Apr 16, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect with Darren Abernethy of Greenberg Traurig to discuss all things #cookies and #trackers.

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A Challenging Week in Privacy Apr 10, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien, and Dr. K Royal make it personal. They talk about their own mental health in light of busy workloads and global developments, whether privacy related or not. And they talk about the 23andme bankruptcy and what that means for personal data, as well as a fine issued by the Jersey Data Protection Authority..

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F to the T to the C - a slow but substantive week in privacy Apr 04, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth , Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal talk about the controversy with executive changes to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission #FTC, the UK #adequacy extension, and the Norwegian decision about Data Protection Officer #DPO conflicts of interest.

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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 Month in Privacy Mar 27, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal cover a month in privacy. This includes UK adequacy, the March meeting of the European Data Protection Board where they released a statement on the implementation of the PNR directive, we talk about BCRS and the number of companies who have adopted BCRs and BSPRs, and the UK list of BCRs, court cases, we talk about the future of the GDPR and lots of data protection consultation, and that is just the European part of it.

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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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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.

Whatever it Takes (with Rowenna Fielding) Mar 19, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal connect with MissIGGeek herself, Rowenna Fielding on all things ethics.

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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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Out of the AI Frying Pan (with Joanne Furtsch) Mar 13, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal join Joanne Furtsch, VP extraordinaire of TrustArc to discuss all things #AI. Tune in to learn about the practical and innovative aspects of AI and its privacy and data protection implications.

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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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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.

The Volatile Side of Privacy & Data Protection (with Joe Jones) Mar 05, 2025

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, were off (busy with professional lives), so Dr. K Royal connected with Joe Jones of the IAPP, Director of Research and Insights. They discuss how Joe got started in privacy - building from international trade as a lawyer and then BAM! Out came the GDPR, Joe then migrated to the #UK government, and quickly into the #IAPP, moving to the US about two years ago.

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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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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.

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