The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST

And, it's our 100th Episode! We say a massive thank you to everyone who's tuned in and supported our 'pods'.   In this episode, Kellie and Regina take a glance into the future of Privacy and Data Protection. Their conversation explores the evolution of AI and how it uses Data... which can be quite surprising.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for good practice. Enjoy your cof...

Episode 99! Just one episode away from an important milestone for the Databasix Team. Details to come soon.   Kellie and Regina tackle 2 stories. The first one, about a tech flaw that lets hackers control surveillance cameras. And, the other is about an Etihad Airways worker that used airline data so that they could pursue a customer and message them on WhatsApp.

Here, in Episode 98, Kellie and Regina consider the privacy controversies that Amazon's Alexa and Ring Doorbell have been involved in and share their thoughts on the situation. As well as this the experts also look into a story regarding Spotify and their 5 million Euro fine for a GDPR violation.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for good privacy practices. Enjoy your coffee...

We're kicking off the week with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 97, Neil and Regina consider changes to 'data culture' in the 5 years (almost to the day!) since the GDPR came into play. Informing the discussion, they chew through a recent ICO formal reprimand to the Ministry of Justice after confidential documents, that were supposed to be detined for secure dest...

Here, in Episode 96, our latest podcast closes out the weekend with a discussion between Kellie and Regina on two stories. The first one, about the co-founder of Apple who has recently warned about the use of AI for hacking and voice verification. They also center in on an interesting story regarding loyalty card schemes at big shops that we use.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggest...

We're kicking off the weeks with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 95, our latest podcast closes out the May Bank Holiday with a discussion between Kellie and Regina on a controverisal story regarding the use of facial recognition tech in Sports Direct. They also center in on a big data breach from a rather large payroll company that's used as a third party from ot...

Our latest podcast closes out the Easter break with a discussion between Kellie and Neil on big data protection stories regarding the NHS and Tesla, and some expert tips to avoid some of the pitfalls.

We're kicking off the weeks with a Brand #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST! 😎   Here, in Episode 93, Regina and Kellie discuss the new Data Protection Bill and the banning of certain apps in Europe.   They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! ☕️

In this, our 92nd episode, Regina and Kellie discuss the recent controversy that popular mobile money app, Venmo has been creating with their new home feed feature.   Additionally, our experts tap in to concerns about a large unintentional data leak from a health company called Cerebral containing special categories of data. Specifically, mental health data of patients to big tech companies Meta a...

The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode 91 is on the air! We're excited to be back with a #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode! 😎   In this, our 91st episode, Regina and Neil discuss the recent redundancies that companies have been pushing out, and how the SARs have an impact.   Additionally, our experts tap in to a story about companies relying on the cloud can be detrimental to your b...

Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST - Episode 90   The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST is on the air! We're excited to be back with a #NEW Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST Episode! 😎   In this, our 90th episode, Kellie and Regina discuss recent data breaches from big companies, including car sales giant Arnold Clark.   Additionally, our experts tap in to recent cyber attacks on the elderly with people im...

Today, Kellie and Regina talk about a website using Oxford University students' data inappropriately without considering data protection requirements. Additionally, our experts focus on a news story where password managers being hacked and the importance of Two-factor Authentication

It's a very special start to the week... with an extraordinary special guest joining us for our podcast. She loves facilitating the gathering and management of charitable resources to benefit the lives of many individuals. And, we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST!   Kellie Peters welcomes Tamsyn Wymer of African Children's Fund to discu...

Have a great Monday with our new Podcast Episode! 😎 Today, Kellie and Regina talk about the fundamental principles of the GDPR fairness, transparency and accuracy, in two different scenarios. In particular, our experts focus on two interesting stories: - FTC Accepts Final Settlement with Twitter for Failure to Safeguard Personal Information: https://buff.ly/3ttKv88 safeguard-personal-information...

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, Kellie and Regina talk about how data is being collected, used, and sold by data brokers. Some of it has the potential to be just a little bit scary! They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! -------- Europeans' data shared 376 ti...

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars talk about the Queen's Speech that look place in parliament on 11th May and the CCTV use. They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! --------- Ikea put CCTV above Peterborough toilets to check drug use: https://b...

It's a very special start to the week... with an extraordinary special guest. He loves supporting financial controls in professional organisations and we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST! Regina Johnys and Kellie Peters welcome Paul McCluskey of Gemstone Legal to discuss Data Protection risks in the financial sector and during financial...

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars focus on social engineering, and how this has led to two data breaches involving MailChimp and HubSpot. They share their knowledge and offer some suggestions for data protection controls. Enjoy your coffee with our expert data protection tips! --------- MailChimp: https://buff.ly/3v8zNUK HubSpot: https://buf...

Happy Monday to all our followers, with our new Podcast episode! Today, our Data Rockstars focus on email marketing and spam message. They highlight companies that have been fined by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Officer for non-compliance with the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR).   The analysis includes the ICO fine imposed upon a company for sending thousands of sp...

It's a very special start to the week... with extraordinary special guests joining us for our podcast. They love helping organisations with marketing activity and we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST! Kellie and Regina welcome Caroline Stevenson and Paul Coombes of Beyond Your Brand to discuss how they use Marketing and Web Data to suppo...

Happy Monday to all our followers with our new Podcast episode! It's a sparkling episode, packed with incredible stats, and it's an episode that's not just about Kellie and Regina, but about all women, all around the world. Our data protection experts discuss personal data and women, with a focus on celebrating International Women's Day 2022! Don't miss this wonderful episode! --------- African Ch...

Happy Monday with our 79th PodCAST episode with Kellie and Regina!🎼🎤 Today, our Data Rockstars will focus about countries, states and individuals decisions to intentionally target other countries, states, organisations, and individuals. In particular, our experts focus on three interesting stories: - GMP officer in court accused of supplying confidential information for payment: https://buff.ly/...

It's a very special start to the week... with an extraordinary special guest.😎 He loves supporting and mentoring people and we love personal data... a perfect mix for this new episode of the Data Rockstars’ Coffee PodCAST!🔥 Regina Johnys welcomes Mike Foster of The Entrepreneurs Mentor to discuss good habits when networking to keep on the right side of data protection requirements. They share th...

Happy Valentine's day!😍 Today is the day of lovers!❤️ Love has many ways of expressing itself… for our team?... we’re in love with the world of data protection! To celebrate this day, Kellie and Regina recorded a new episode of the podcast talking about the data control process, specifically about cookies and the GDPR enforcement rules that IAB Europe's consent popups are illegal. They share thei...

Happy Monday with our new Coffee PodCAST episode! This week, our Data Rockstars talk about two hot topics that surfaced in last week's data protection news: Cheap testing firm Covid leaks "selfies", passport scans and customer addresses; WoW... how much data will have been affected?!?! Santander bank pays £130 million in a Christmas Day mistake. They share their knowledge and offer some suggestion...