The Data Protection Breakfast Club with Andy & Pedro

Yes, EW Scripps sponsors the National Spelling Bee, but it is also a massive media company with wide reach.  In his role as CPO Greg leads the strategic privacy efforts for a lot of different constituents including a huge number of TV stations/digital news outlets around the country.  We will dig in with Greg on how to manage a program impacting so many companies, people and data sources...

GDPR compliance can often feel like playing the old 80s arcade game Frogger, leaping from one thing to another, trying to avoid the MACK trucks and cars (fines or rule changes).  Thankfully people like Odia Kagan are pros and help clients across the road.  Odia is a big 80s fan and fits right in on the DPBC!  

Debbie Reynolds is the Data Diva.  But she’s not all about data.  Debbie has done a million things in her career.  She’s well traveled.  A lot like Carmen Sandiego.  Though Debbie is not an international thief on the run like Carmen - she has seen a lot in her career that has spanned so many different avenues.   We will travel around the world of privacy, data an...

Data privacy can feel like a quest. Shoshana Rosenberg has dedicated her career to solving complex data privacy problems within extremely intricate and varied business circumstances - and she founded her own company in 2018 to develop privacy focused technology to protect diversity and inclusion feedback related data.

Michelle Dennedy is on the Mt. Rushmore of data privacy lawyers.  She's a GOAT.  Michelle was CPO of Sun Microsystems through the Oracle acquisition, McAfee’s first CPO and then CPO of Cisco. DAMN. Seriously.  She’s written books, is a parent, advisor and tech driven soul.  Her twitter feed: @mdennedy is one of the key follows on privacy Twitter and weaves in humor which we lov...

After 4 and a half thrilling seasons and 41 episodes! We thought it was time to recap where we are, where we’re going and where we’ve been.  Some BIG things happened while the show has been going and it’s time to chat 1x1 just Pedro and Andy.  Keanu (Pedro’s dog) will appear, maybe event Tupac too.  We will discuss the fun we’ve had along the way and what’s in store as we grow! Shou...

Knowing and working with Sundeep Kapur is like having a data privacy cheat code.  “Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right BABA Select Start” was the code to the classic NES game Contra.  It gave you 50 lives.  Sundeep is very deep on advertising/marketing privacy issues and sometimes it feels like the browser cookie has 50 lives and a cheat code. The CCPA, new ad identifiers, and shi...

Phil Lee is an EU data privacy legend (in real life and in our minds too).  Highly technical and practical, Phil is often the ideal outside counsel partner for a tech focused in-house legal team.  He navigates an ever-changing field of laws and regulations - like a game of Tetris.  He helps his clients twist, flip and shape their “pieces” to fit into a complex scheme.  And he d...

The movie and video game “Tron” were both forward thinking, futuristic and creative.  This describes our guest Beatrice Botti perfectly.  She is always thinking differently and seeing around corners - like she’s driving a light bike or jumping into a video game world.  Beatrice has worked as a privacy lawyer in two of the most complex areas of our field: Health and now with Doubleve...

Colin O’Malley is your data privacy co-pilot.  A lot like the revolutionary, mind blowing double-up spaceship move in Galaga, a classic 80’s arcade game.  When Colin is helping your company it’s like having double the firepower.  He is unique in the privacy consulting/DPO space because he has been a company founder, operator, and a product leader.  So when you work with Colin,...

Greg Raiten is not afraid of a little risk.  When you work in venture tech law, risk is part of the deal.  He’s a lot like that little guy in the classic NES game Excitebike, cruising over massive jumps, landing and driving hard to the next.  He drove deals as a lawyer with two of the most prestigious tech law firms in the country, Latham and Gunderson.  Then he was GC at VC fi...

“Space Invaders” is a good game to represent Leigh Freund’s tenure as CEO of the NAI.  Defending the advertising space against potential “invasive” regulation was one original goal of self-regulation.  But, over the years those goals have shifted and there are new “aliens” to deal with for adtech like shifting identifiers, global laws, fast paced tv-tech and AI.  Throughout it all,...

Peter Kosmala’s career has covered nearly every aspect of digital media, advertising and data privacy.  He helped the IAPP create the certification programs used by its 75,000+ members, led the DAA, served as SVP of Government Relations for the 4As, worked in adtech at CMGI and dataxu and now runs his own consultancy called PRIVAT.  And also he’s a massive lover of music, good food, joke...

Today the job of General Counsel at Lyft might seem straightforward like other public company GC roles.  But when Kristin Sverchek took the gig it was anything but typical. Ride sharing was not ubiquitous in fact it was questionable, even if it had a bright future.  And, Uber had staked a big market position.  The legal issues surrounding Lyft were and are novel and complex.  A...

Dennis Holmes is one of the most tech-savvy privacy policy thinkers.  His depth of knowledge regarding the programmatic ads ecosystem is extensive.  Dennis is an IAPP Westin Fellow and unlike a lot of privacy pros, he has been tackling privacy head on since he started his career.   Dennis is a lot like a renaissance artist mastering a lot of different issues and skills, like say Don...

Bert Kaminski sees into the future.  Every position he has held seems to firmly embrace where the technology market is heading.  Is he living in the world of the Jetsons?  Does he have a sentient robot named Rosie cleaning his home and a flying car?  He just might!

Before this episode Ami sent us Chipotle gift cards for use w/ the Chipotle app!  So we chomped on burritos and podded! The Wikipedia entry for Duck Tales says this: “When Donald Duck decides to join the US Navy , he enlists his uncle Scrooge McDuck to look after his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie . Although reluctant to do so due to their hyperactivity, along with his continual pursuit of i...

If Chris Hart were a care bear, he’d be “friendly bear”. He is affable, thoughtful and kind. Maybe that’s why it's easy for him to move through the complexity of his practice into mentoring and teaching as a law school professor. He’s also a dedicated dad and loves a good laugh.  We discuss his leatherbound library, privacy equity, iphones as extensions of our brains, why is Duke Basketball v...

As a kid David Hale was a competitive swimmer.  He could have used a built-in snorkel like the Snorks had, but he had a brighter future out of the water anyway.  For over 13 years David ran the privacy, IP and Security legal function at TD Ameritrade through a period of immense growth.  He even encountered a young punk named Andy who had an interest in tech and privacy.  Luckil...

The Smurfs always outsmarted Gargamel and each smurf had distinct talents that they used to foil his evil plans.  Vanessa Wu is a truly multi-talented GC - she’s like the entire smurf village wrapped into one super-smurf lawyer.  She is currently GC at Rippling a hypergrowth mode company that is changing the HR/IT software game rapidly.  Prior to Rippling Vanessa led legal at LiveRa...

For years Scott Lashway has defended his clients from the most complex of cyber attacks.  Scott also counsels clients on large scale data breaches, policy development and handles complex business and tech litigation. He’s a lot like a massive super robot saving the universe with a magic sword.  Voltron brings robot teams together to form one gigantic.  Scott runs a team like Voltron...

You might be surprised to learn about the Back to the Future cartoon.  Technically 1991, but we’ll let this one slip in because Cillian Kieran is a mega-fan of the franchise.  The show existed for one short season and disappeared like Marty hitting 88 mph in the DeLorean.  Cillian Kieran is a future looking, thoughtful privacy technician and leader, but understands the needs of cust...

Danger Mouse is often called the world's greatest secret agent—so secret, in fact, that his codename has a codename.  His skills are of a wide variety, including the ability to shatter metal with his voice, perform military style push-ups on his index finger, and reach a 7th level of meditation. Danger Mouse seems fitting for Sonia Zeledon’s cross-functional success and wide reaching career s...

Travis LeBlanc is not a wacky inspector with goofy tools he uses to solve crimes.  Travis is a deeply skilled public and private sector litigator  - and that job often entails crafting Go Go Gadget arguments out of seemingly thin air, developing creative solutions and detecting innovative angles on problems.  Plus he’s dealt with his fair share of investigations, something Inspector...

Justin has lots of superpowers.  Yes, he started a privacy focused tech company and is helping it grow rapidly.  And yes, he was a litigator and corporate lawyer at a large DC firm.  And then he was Acting Under Secretary at the Commerce Department during the Obama administration, negotiating the Privacy Shield on behalf of the US.  But, the most critical of his super powers is...