The Shifting Privacy Left Podcast

Nishant Bhajaria is the Director of Privacy Engineering, Architecture, & Analytics at Uber and Author of " Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers .” He’s also an Advisor to Data Protocol , Privado & Piiano . In our conversation, we discuss privacy engineering trends, educational materials that Nishant has developed, and his advice to privacy technologists, engineers, and hiring manager...

To kick off Data Privacy Week 2023, I’m joined by Mark Lizar, CEO of the Digital Transparency Lab and Founder of 0PN: Open Privacy Network .  Mark is also the Vice Chair of the IEEE Cybersecurity for Next-Generation Connectivity Systems' Human Control & Flow Sub-Committee and Editor & Lead Author of the ANCR Notice Record Specification and Framework at the Kantara Initiative.  In our...

Michelle Dennedy is Co-Founder & CEO of PrivacyCode, Inc ., Partner at Privatus Consulting , and the Co-Author of The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto . In our lively conversation, we discuss the digital cost of information, the privacy problems that her company solves for, and how the Privatus Wicked Privacy™ framework differs from other approaches. --------- Thank you to our sponsor, Privad...

Of the almost 300 million cars that are in circulation in the U.S., the vast majority collect consumer’s personal information. Every time you connect your phone via USB or Bluetooth, your car is designed to download data and store it locally. The automotive industry is grossly behind when it comes to data privacy and safety, but that’s where Privacy4Cars comes in.  Privacy4Cars is the first (and o...

This week, I continue my conversation with Jim Nasr , CEO of Acoer about privacy and using distributed ledger technology (DLT). We discuss his work leading The HBAR Foundation's Privacy Market Development Fund and the trends he sees across grant applicants. We also chat about the collapse of FTX and the ripple effect it’s had on the crypto space.  --------- Thank you to our sponsor, Privado ,...

Today, I am joined by Jim Nasr , CEO of Acoer. I had the pleasure of collaborating with Jim on several projects during my 6-month stint as Privacy Strategist for Hedera . Jim joins me today to discuss the use of distributed ledger tech (DLT) to provide computational trust for real-time applications. Jim and I speak about the development of secure, privacy-preserving, and traceable technologies, wh...

In this episode, I’m joined by Lorrie Cranor , FORE Systems Professor, Computer Science and Engineering & Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU); Director, CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory; and Co-Director, of CMU's MSIT-Privacy Engineering Masters Program . We discuss the different tracks within the Privacy Engineering Program at CMU, privacy engineering hiring tre...

This week, I’m joined by Lourdes Turrecha , Founder & Chief Privacy Tech Strategist at The Rise of Privacy Tech (TROPT) . TROPT's mission is to fuel privacy innovation by bringing together privacy tech founders, investors, buyers, & expert-advisors to bridge the existing tech-capital-expertise gaps in the field. As a member of TROPT's Advisory Board, I’ve seen 1st-hand TROPT&apos...

I’m joined by Stephen Wilson , accomplished data protection innovator, researcher, analyst and advisor who leads Digital Safety and Privacy efforts at Constellation Research and is Managing Director of Lockstep Technologies . In our conversation, we discuss the importance of information value chains, the emergence of data sharing platforms, discuss why data should be like clean drinking water, and...

In this episode, I interview Mert Can Boyar ,  Director of Privacy Innovation Lab at Bilgi University and Founder of privacy tech company, Verilogy. Mert walks us through his creative approach to educating on core privacy engineering concepts, particularly through the lens of storytelling, visual art & music. He also shares his vision & mission behind his passion project, “The Hitchhiker’s...

In this episode, I’m joined by Roy Smith, CEO and founder of PrivacyCheq, a privacy tech company that develops privacy-enhancing technologies for mobile and web. We discuss the history of online privacy and data protection laws, current challenges within the ad tech space, and GPC, a newly proposed web standard for signaling privacy preferences. ----------- Thank you to our sponsor, Privado , the...

( Episode Transcription ) This week, I’m joined by Dave Burnett , VP of Strategy at ZeroBiometrics , to discuss his company’s cutting edge approach to using one’s face to biometrically-authenticate to systems w/o storing personal data, preventing breaches. We’ll discuss current approaches to deploying biometric authentication, unpack surrounding privacy & security challenges, and explore his c...

( Transcription ) Welcome to the first episode of Shifting Privacy Left. To kick off the show, I’m joined by Kavya Pearlman , Exec Director of The eXtended Reality Safety Initiative (XRSI) to discuss  current challenges associated with extended reality (XR) , the XRSI Privacy & Safety Framework, and the importance of embedding privacy into today’s technology. --------- ** Thank you to our spon...