The Data Rockstar's Coffee PodCAST

Happy Monday with our new episode of the Coffee PodCAST series!   Start your day with Kellie and Regina, who will be discussing the most popular questions asked by their clients in 2021 today... Adopting hybrid work hasn't just been a logistical shift for organisations, their data protection systems have also undergone some changes... Speaking of which, our experts will analyse the biggest doubts...

We usher in the New Year with our first podcast episode with Kellie and Regina! Our Data Rockstars kick off 2022 talking about a heavy-hitting subject… personal data in the Criminal Justice system! They highlight two different stories that include the mafia, google maps, attempted murder, and domestic violence. And, to close out this packed session, they pick up on some early thoughts about what m...

Have a good Monday with our 73rd Coffee Podcast Episode with Kellie Peters and our special guest Edward Hampshire, from John Morgan Partnership Ltd.   At the beginning of 2021, we made some predictions on the increase in cyber attacks due to smart and hybrid working. Today, almost 12 months later, the two experts talk about how data breaches have soared discuss the actions that organisations shoul...

Happy Monday with the penultimate podcast episode for 2021. Our Data Rockstars have devoted a portion of the episode to spotlighting their favourite episodes and sharing their personal experiences in relation to those topics.  In particular, they pick up on the episodes 46 and 67 of our back catalogue. And in timely fashion, they dispel some myths about the GDPR that start to murmur at this time o...

Happy Monday with our 71st PodCAST episode with Kellie and Regina!🎼🎤 Today, our Data Rockstars talk about the UK's Information Commissioner and the scenarios behind it.   In particular, our experts focus on two interesting stories: - Cabinet Office fined £500,000 for New Year Honours data breach: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-and-events/news-and-blogs/2021/12/cabinet-office-fined-500-000...

Happy Monday with our 70th PodCAST episode with Kellie and Regina!🎼🎤 Today, our Data Rockstars talk about a cyber breach that has affected home moves, and the impact of not changing admin passwords on your home router.  In particular, our experts focus on two interesting stories: - Six million Sky routers had serious security flaw: https://buff.ly/3oHBi98 - Premier Property Lawyers: House sales...

Have a great Monday with our new podcast episode… it’s a special one!   In this week's Coffee Podcast, we're joined by Sally White of SYLO | BEYOND HR, to discuss the data protection and human resources challenges of working from home. Our experts talk about how the HR sector interacts with data protection and some of the challenges they face, sharing their experiences in these worlds. Don't miss...

Happy Monday with our new Coffee PodCAST episode! 😁 Today, Kellie Peters and Regina Johnys talk about recent protection news to hit the media, both stories have two common themes: ransomware and reputational damage. In particular, our experts focus on two interesting stories: - Celebrity data leaked after ransomware attack on London's Graff jewellers, the list of victims includes high-profile nam...

Happy Monday with our new Coffee PodCAST episode! Today, Kellie and Regina talk about news from the world of data protection, focusing on two stories that share common themes; behaviour and football! - The case of 'Paul Merson: Football, Gambling and Me': https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0010l43/paul-merson-football-gambling-and-me - Hundreds of footballers have threatened legal action again...

Happy Monday with our new podcast episode, including a special guest this week.😎 Today, Kellie Peters and Regina Johnys welcome Andre Vaux, Managing Director, of claireLOGIC to discuss data protection and hybrid-working challenges in 2021. A fun and lively 15-minute chat, where our data protection experts and the IT professional analyse the challenges of hybrid-working for organisations, and disc...

And after a week of beak, ready for the new October podcast episode. Kellie and Regina will talk about global vs local news... two high-profile stories with a basic theme in common: metadata. The two experts will focus on: -Bicester town council accused of lying to Commissioner in tribunal ( Check it out: https://www.bicesteradvertiser.net/news/19629030.bicester-town-council-accused-lying-commissi...

Welcome to the last Podcast episode of September. We start the week with a sparkling conversation between two data protection experts Kellie Peters and Neil Partridge who tuck into two high-profile stories: - The Fortinet VPN data leak: https://www.computing.co.uk/news/4036879/fortinet-vpn-passwords-exposed-online?utm_source=cybersecurity_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cybersecurity+News...

Kickstart your Monday with our new podcast episode! This week, our Data Rockstars will talk about the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the most recent fines that the ICO has issued in relation to direct marketing: ‘The ICO has today announced fines totalling £495,000 to well-known companies that between them sent more than 354 million nuisance messages’. Kellie and Regi...

Have a good Monday with our new podcast episode!  This week Kellie and Regina recorded a ‘philosophical’ and fascinating podcase that will strike a chord even with people who don’t usually get excited about data protection! They will talk about one of the hottest issues of this year… the case of the Taliban and the extreme aspects of data falling into the wrong hands! Concluding the episode with a...

Welcome September... and we’re starting the week with a new podcast episode! Today Kellie and Regina expand on the discussion about the impact of data breaches on individuals. The  real-life stories we look at this week have impacted upon: … an NHS worker: https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/nhs-worker-awarded-10000-after-24850848   … owners of firearms: https://www.theregister.com/2021/08/31/guntrader...

Happy Monday with our new episode podcast... this week is special. Today, Kellie Peters welcomes Samantha Alford of PPP Management to discuss big hurdles that organisations will need to clear during the rest of 2021. A fun and lively 15 minute chat, where the two data protection experts analyse the challenges of the data protection world and provide keen advice to support our listeners. Do you kno...

Have a good Monday with our new podcast episode!😎  Kellie Peters and Regina Lally are bursting with energy and have a bagful of interesting new topics from the world of data protection. This week our experts collected stories reflecting the impact of data protection on individuals, such as: - Magistrates' court sends woman's address to abuser 'in error': https://buff.ly/2XpoZ7o - Max Schrems has...

Kickstart your Monday morning with our podcast... with a special guest, Neil Partridge! This week our experts, Regina and Neil, collected stories that reflect data protection internal and external threats to organisations, such as: • Hackney Council IT data blunder 'could have cost lives': https://buff.ly/3ywGtw8 • Cyber-attacks on UK councils surge during pandemic: https://buff.ly/2WXgekz • Homew...

Welcome August... we start this month with interesting news from the world of data protection!   Today, Kellie and Regina will talk about three high-profile stories: • Story of a solicitor reprimanded for lack of care and disclosure of client electronic confidential information stored on a non- encrypted USB stick (law firms lack of care and subsequence disclosure of confidential document and info...

We’re back after a two-week break! Kellie and Regina are bursting with energy and have a bagful of interesting new topics from the world of data protection. This week, our two Data Rockstars will talk about the impact of data breaches on individuals and discuss some recent fines that have been issued. In particular: • The Netherlands hits TikTok with €750,000 fine for child privacy violations: htt...

Welcome July! Ready for a new hot-topic podcast episode featuring Kellie and Regina? This Monday, our experts talk about the impact of human errors, notably highlighting two stories from the world of data: - The use of private email for official business. - Classified Ministry of Defence documents containing details about HMS Defender and the British military have been found at a bus stop in Kent....

Have a great Monday with our new podcast episode! It has been an interesting week in the world of data protection, especially the social media sector. Today, Kellie and Regina focus on trust and reputation, especially when potential data breaches are exposed on social networks. They chat about high-profile stories, including: • Matt Hancock has been accused of having an affair with a close friend...

Have a great Monday with our new podcast episode! It has been a revolutionary week for the world of the data protection… let’s say, an interesting time for our sector! Today, Kellie and Regina will talk about the UK adequacy decision and the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform (aka TIGRR) report. • The adequacy decision confirmed the as-is approach with respect to the data protec...

Have a great Monday with our new podcast episode! 🎧 Today, our Data Rockstars, Kellie and Regina will talk about two high-profile stories from the world of data: - the a ransomware attack on a school and the impact on children and teachers; - the payment of a $11m ransomed to free the data of a meat processing company following a cyber attack. Our experts will share their views, knowledge and hel...

And, after a week off, we’re ready to start this first Monday in June with a new podcast! In this episode, Kellie and Regina get stuck into a topic that has gone almost unnoticed in the media, but which will affect most of the people in the UK! …the General Practice Data for Planning and Resources initiative and how/why NHS Digital collects, analyses and shares data in relation to the GDPR. Our Da...