Talk Data To Me (The Castlebridge Podcast)

It's a New Year, and Daragh's found the key to the podcast recording cupboard in the Castlebridge offices. In this episode, Daragh is joined by Dr Blessing Mutiro from Castlebridge and leading Data Protection lawyer Simon McGarr, of McGarr Solicitors , to discuss "webs of belief", the importance of evolving our thinking on data protection to consider collective rights and harms,...

Following on from last month's "Carey's Therapy Session", Castlebridge CEO and lead member of our consulting team Carey Lening chat about coal face experience on recent AI/GenAI projects and why the forecast 30% to 40% failure of GenAI proofs of concept isn't a bad thing if it puts focus on AI Literacy, Data Acumen, and fundamentals of data management as enablers for organisa...

In this episode of the Talk Data To Me Podcast, Daragh is joined by Carey Lening from our Advisory Services team to talk about the wonderful world of emerging AI Regulation, ethics in AI, and ethics in AI expert advisory. And cats. Cats feature in here somewhere too (it is Carey after all). Cover art for this episode generated by Dall-E. Related content on Carey's personal blog can be found he...

In this episode, Daragh is joined by mentor and Emeritus Advisor to Castlebridge (and all round nice guy to chat with), John Ladley. In this episode, we discuss the much heralded death of Data Governance and find that, much like an elderly Jedi knight, if you strike Data Governance down, it might just become more important than you can possibly imagine. (Muppet-ised episode art courtesy of an AI i...

To kick off our rebooted Talk Data to Me podcast, Daragh chats with Tony Ellis from Buckinghamshire Council in the UK about their journey as an early adopter of Microsoft CoPilot. A key theme in the discussion is the importance of fundamental data management disciplines, data nous and acumen in your teams, and figuring out the use cases for these novel technologies. Ultimately - the more things ch...

It's been a while but the pace of work slowed enough in June for us to record a new episode of the Talk Data To Me Podcast. In this episode Daragh, Carey, and Blessing discuss a range of topics from: Things we learned at conferences in May and early June Interesting challenges ahead arising from Regulatory decisions Coming attractions in the Data Protection and Data Governance tools market The com...

Back after an extended summer hiatus during which NOTHING happened in the world of #Data, #DataProtection, #Brexit, or #DataGovernance, Daragh is joined by Carey Lening, Eoin Cannon, and Katherine O'Keefe to talk about a range of topics. Things we touch on in this episode: The WhatsApp DPC fine decision (and the pros and cons of where we now find ourselves) The UK's bizarre approach to making and...

In this episode, Daragh , Peter and Katherine take the news of ransomware attacks and discuss the importance of a data strategy and data literacy for organisations of all sizes. Topics addressed include data strategy, data literacy, and the value of data to organisations (and to criminals). Useful Resources Here's some links to blog posts and other resources relevant to the topics covered in this...

In this episode of the Talk Data To Me Podcast, the Castlebridge team talk about the social project that is VACCINE CERTIFICATES. We discuss the practical, ethical, legal, and fundamental data management issues that these proposed initiatives can raise. Key questions like: 1) Do we need a Database of all the Pricks? 2) What are the conditions for terminating the Tagging of the Jabbed? 3) What safe...

In the first episode of Season 2 of the Talk Data To Me Podcast, Daragh O Brien is joined by Katherine O'Keefe ( @okeefeka t on twitter) and Carey Lening ( @privacat on twitter) to discuss: Data Adequacy for the UK post Brexit The Data Protection & Infosec Snafu that is Clubhouse The role of data governance in navigating these kinds of issues! The resources link for this episode on the Castleb...

Daragh and Joshua from the Castlebridge team are joined this month by Alexander Hanff from our friends in Think Privacy in Sweden. The topic of the podcast was the challenges in the second wave of tech solutionism for pandemic response. The topics discussed included the use of AI tools for social distancing enforcement, the importance of DPIAs that ACTUALLY follow through on things, and the issues...

Daragh is joined on this month's podcast by Andrew Carroll from the Office of the Data Protection Commission and the Castlebridge Children's Data Subject Matter Expert, Róisín. We discuss the rights children have over their personal data, the DPC's consultation on Children's rights, and some practical things that kids can do to be aware of their data protection rights. The information page for thi...

Episode 9 of Talk Data To Me is a special episode featuring our Emeritus Advisor Michelle Dennedy talking about data strategy, data value, and the future confluence and convergence of Data Privacy, Data Strategy, and Data Ethics. We talk "Swimming Pool Metaphors" and the need to avoid unexpected floaters

A special edition of the "Talk Data to Me" Podcast where Daragh and Peter are joined by Simon McGarr of DataCompliance Europe and McGarr Solicitors to talk about the potentially tricky challenges ahead for Northern Ireland in a post Brexit, post Schrems 2 data transfer environment. While the focus has been on avoiding a hard border for goods, we need to ensure we avoid a hard data border as well o...

Daragh, Katherine, and Peter discuss turbulence and disruption and the importance of good data practices in this month's podcast. Topics we touch on include: The Schrems 2 ruling and our take on what needs to be done Covid data disruption - what that means for managing through challenging times Data Ethics - hype or hope? A key theme from our discussion is that, in turbulent times, it is important...

On the 1st anniversary episode of the podcast, and the 11th anniversary of Castlebridge starting as a business, Katherine and Daragh chat on this month's podcast about Data Governance. They explore: What it is What it means How it relates to Data Strategy How it relates to Data Protection And then, inevitably, they discuss the fate of Standard Contractual Clauses and Privacy Shield in the recent C...

Daragh and Peter take a whistle stop tour through questions of data strategy and business strategy and the need for organisations to stop being distracted by technology shiny and get down to the fundamentals of defining and managing their data as a core asset that is essential to drive value, deliver services, serve customers, and  make money . Recent blog posts here and elsewhere related to...

In this episode of the Talk Data To Me podcast, Daragh (@cbridge_chief) is joined by Katherine O'Keefe (@okeefekat), Peter Davey, and Katie and Joshua from the team to talk about the following topics: The European Data Protection Board's Guidance on Consent The EDBP published updated guidance on consent this month. Katie and Joshua took a look at it to tease out the potential implications. The TL;...

On a special edition of the Castlebridge PodCast (Episode title: "Damn it Jim, I'm an Engineer, not a Doctor"), Daragh O Brien (not a doctor) and Katherine O'Keefe (not that kind of doctor) are joined by Phil Booth of MedConfidential , Pat Walshe ( @PrivacyMatters on Twitter) and Ronan Lupton (Barrister, and @RonanLupton on Twitter) to talk about the ethical, practical, and legal issues that...

In this episode, Daragh O Brien, Katherine O'Keefe and Elaine Comyn discuss the "delay" of the launch of Facebook dating, the mythological threat of baby snatchers at the new National Children's Hospital and therefore, the importance of Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). To know more about: - Our public training: castlebridge.ie/events/ - Facebook dating app request to the DPC: castlebrid...

In this episode, Daragh O Brien and Peter Davey podcast without adult supervision.  Here they discuss Brexit, the core mission of the Data Protection Commission and the importance of data to any business strategy.” To know more about: Our Brexit services https://castlebridge.ie/brexit/ Book mentioned (Ethical Data and Information Management) https://castlebridge.ie/our-thinking/ Our work arou...

Daragh O Brien interview on WLRFM about GAA, WhatsApp, and Data Protection

Episode 2 of the Castlebridge Podcast (Code Name: "Where is my Feasibility Report?!") deals with some of the latest news stories in data in Ireland, looking at them through the Information Strategy, Governance, and Quality lens.  For reference, we've posted some links to the stories we are discussing and Castlebridge appearances in Irish media discussing over on the Castlebridge website the i...

Episode 1 of the Castlebridge "I Eat Candles" podcast. In this episode, Elaine Comyn, Daragh O Brien, Katherine O'Keefe, and Peter Davey discuss the pros and cons of the "Certified DPO" certification maze.  "I eat Candles"... because sometimes the jargon makes us all feel out of our depth - The Castlebridge team cut through the waffle and technobabble to help you make business sense of today'...