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Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal met with Emerald de Leeuw, Global Head of Privacy at Logitech . She has a wealth of experience in the tech markets, being an entrepreneur, and a high-level executive in a global and male-dominated field. In this episode, we want to leverage her experience in coming into a company and what do you focus on first?  Do you d...

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal covered a broad range of privacy developments along with responding to questions from listeners. New developments includ the new Colorado Privacy Act, SB21-190 . Signed by Governor Jared Polis on July 7, it is now the third state omnibus privacy law in the US, with Virginia having passed the Consumer Data Protection Act...

Send us Fan Mail On 28 June 2021, the European Commission announced it has approved two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom (UK). With these decisions, one under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and one under the European law enforcement directive, the Commission confirms the UK offers a level of data protection that is essentially equivalent to that in the European Union (EU)....

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the potential new law for Colorado, the Colorado Privacy Act, SB21-190 . On June 8, it was passed by the House, meaning it is now ready for the governor’s signature. If it passes, it will be the third state omnibus privacy law in the US, with Virginia having passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) earlier...

Send us Fan Mail On 21 June 2021, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) released the long-awaited updated Recommendations on possible supplementary measures when transferring personal data out of the European Economic Area (EEA). These Recommendations align with the new Standard Contractual Clauses for International Transfers that were released by the European Commission on 4 June 2021 and req...

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Representative Domingo DeGrazia , of the Arizona House of Representatives to discuss the privacy legislation he has proposed (HB 2865) , but which has not gained significant ground in Arizona. He is a licensed attorney, has professional experience in aerospace and computers, and is a Certified Information Pr...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode  of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for international transfers that were adopted by the European Commission on 4 June 2021. These model contracts, that come in four modules, finally replace the old SCCs, some of which date back to the early 2000s. The modernised versions are fully GDPR co...

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Dr. Eric Cole , on the release of his new book today Cyber Crisis - Protecting Your Business from Real Threats in the Virtual World .  Fascinating insight, especially given the Colonial Pipeline incident recently, but a book that is not intended to be fairytales and happily-ever-afters. Dr. Cole holds a mast...

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal discuss the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation , because three years ago from the day this episode was released (May 25, 2021), the GDPR went into effect.   And whether you consider it three years or or five ( per this Twitter debate ), it was a world-changing event.  In this episode, they talk about the...

Send us Fan Mail On this week of #SeriousPrivacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal connect with Ray Everett , Founding Member & Chief Privacy Intelligence Officer at Data Secrets , a company that develops solutions focused on identifying risk wherever applications are accessing your data -- in the public cloud, in SaaS applications, and on-premise. He has a long history working as a privacy profess...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breibarth and K Royal connect with the Global Privacy Officer at GameStop , Seán Dunne . He really knows the company well, given that he started in retail operations almost 12 years ago. Now, he is responsible for global data protection compliance with laws ranging from the familiar GDPR and CCPA , to the less well known Canadian anti-spam...

Send us Fan Mail Every year, in the final week of January, privacy professionals from around the world assemble in the north of Brussels for the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference . In recent years, on the final day, the European Data Protection Law Review awards a young scholar award and hosts a panel to discuss the nominated papers.  In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breiba...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breibarth and K Royal tackle the slew of development (or non-developments) in privacy around the world. What a week in privacy! We had the proposal for AI Regulation published in the EU , the UK adequacy opinion, and of course, several privacy bills in states around the US, and the United States Supreme Court decision in AMG Capital Managem...

Send us Fan Mail Every year, in the final week of January, privacy professionals from around the world assemble in the north of Brussels for the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference . In recent years, on the final day, the European Data Protection Law Review awards a young scholar award and hosts a panel to discuss the nominated papers.  In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breiba...

Send us Fan Mail Every year, in the final week of January, privacy professionals from around the world assemble in the north of Brussels for the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference . In recent years, on the final day, the European Data Protection Law Review awards a young scholar award and hosts a panel to discuss the nominated papers.  In this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breiba...

Send us Fan Mail Demonstrating compliance is certainly not always easy, but under many laws, including the GDPR, it is a mandatory requirement. To facilitate the process, codes of conduct and certification schemes are becoming more popular, and it is no wonder they have been included in the GDPR as well. As we are on the verge of seeing the first codes of conduct to demonstrate GDPR compliance app...

Send us Fan Mail This week on Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth and K Royal , connect with Wayne Unger , a recent law school graduate, that is already very much embedded in the privacy profession. As a non-traditional student, Wayne was an experienced professional and quickly dove into the academic side of privacy with the intent to combine the scholarship and practical side of privacy.  Wayne has...

Send us Fan Mail Developments in privacy sometimes go so quickly, it is almost impossible to keep up. In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth , talk about many of these recent developments in order to bring you up to date again.  Join us as we discuss the forthcoming stricter enforcement of cookie rules in France, a German court case prohibiting nudging end users towards ac...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth host the new and first Chief Innovation Officer of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the US, Sultan Meghji . Sultan has a rich history as co-founder of Neocova which specializes in AI software for financial institutions, an adjunct professor at Washington University’s Olin Business School , a scholar...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth connect with Steven (Seven) Waterhouse, PhD , CEO and founder of Orchid , a crypto powered VPN. Given his expertise and how it is harnessed for Orchid, we felt Seven would have quite a bit of technical insight into technologies commonly discussed in conjunction with data protection. He did not disappoint.  In this epi...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth connect with Shoshana Rosenberg , Deputy General Counsel for Privacy, Cybersecurity and Data Strategy, as well as CPO and Vice President at WSP USA . However, our conversation is more around the focus of SafePorter , a data trust providing valuable business insights, while respecting the privacy of employees.  In esse...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal and Paul Breitbarth provide an update on recent happenings in both Europe and the US, some of which are surprising and the other makes no waves across the ocean. First, an unexpected agreement on the ePrivacy Regulation by the EU Members States. This does not mean that the regulation is passed - on the contrary, the Parliament and the Eu...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal is joined by guest co-host Ralph O’Brien to speak about what one privacy professional did with his free time over the pandemic. Most of us may have started a new hobby - so did Jeff Jockisch , founder and CEO of PrivacyPlan . First, he achieved his Certified Information Privacy Professional for US privacy law from the International Assoc...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Serious Privacy, K Royal is joined by guest co-host Ralph O’Brien , who brings that United Kingdom perspective to data protection. As a well-known and respected privacy professional, Ralph took the opportunity to discuss some of the current hot topics in privacy with K, such as the impact of # Brexit on managing privacy programs in Europe .  Join us as we discus...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Data Protection Day ! Paul Breitbarth and K Royal kick off Season 2 of the Serious Privacy podcast with a special guest, Helen Dixon , Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland . She is probably one of the best known data protection regulators around the world, with her office having the duty to supervise most major tech companies doing business in Europe. That comes with a l...