Data & The City

👠 And just like that, we’re unpacking more than just vacation vibes.
💼✈️ Passport? Check. SPF? Packed.
Data? Well... it’s already halfway around the world.

In our latest episode of Data & The City, we're sipping iced lattes and dishing the dirt on international data transfers, one digital detour at a time.
Because while we’re planning Amalfi outfits and hotel rooftop selfies, our personal data is flying first class—with zero passport control.

💌 So where does your info really go when you scroll, swipe, or shop for that one perfect sarong? And who’s responsible when it lands somewhere you didn’t sign off on?

Catch our newest drop: ✨ Travels With My Data ✨
🧳 Jetset GDPR – what the rules really say about your data going abroad
🔐 Encrypted Answers – your burning privacy questions, answered
🛏 Privacy Check-In – hotel bookings, cross-border transfers & unexpected travel companions

🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts—and don’t forget to subscribe, because darling… your privacy? It’s your power.

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🖤✨ The heels may be off, but the recap is ON. ✨🖤

After three dazzling days of panels, privacy, and power suits in Brussels, the CPDP Recap Episode of Data & The City is finally here—and yes, it includes the long-awaited moment with the brilliant Romain Robert (fashionably late, but worth the wait). From algorithmic accountability to workplace surveillance, from governing AI to reclaiming personhood—we covered it all. And just like any good Fashion Week, it wasn’t just about the runway.

In this episode:
🪞 Reflections from the Dressing Room – Our final thoughts from the digital runway.
🎙️Ctrl+Alt+Reclaim: Personhood in the Age of Algorithms: Interview Romain Robert

However, don't forget about the voices that made the whole collection come alive.
Huge love and sparkly thanks to our incredible guests:
💻 Ulrik Lyngs
⚖️ Larisa Munteanu
👠 Gianclaudio Malgieri
📜 Romain Robert
🪡 Stephanie Rosello
🕶️ Nikolaos Papadopoulos
🌍 Adele Zeynep Walton

You made data protection feel less like homework, and more like haute couture.

💬 Missed a panel? Catch the full CPDP conference over on their fabulous YouTube channel: youtube.com/@CPDPConferences 

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💄 Runway lights dimmed, stilettos slightly scuffed, and yet… the best reflections were still ahead. Day 3 at #CPDP2025 was less rave, more retrospective—think Paris Fashion Week afterparty meets legal theory lounge.

In the final episode of our CPDP mini-series, Data & The City zipped up its best structured blazer and headed into a day of introspection, innovation, and intellectual couture.

🎙️✨ Featuring:
👠 The Right to Remain Fabulous: Fixing AI’s Fashion Faux Pas – with Stéphanie Rossello, where we tailor the right to rectification like it’s the legal version of a bespoke gown.

🌇 The Afterglow: CPDP Day 3 – Lawyers, lattes, and long-form thoughts on algorithmic accountability and digital dignity.

🪞 Mirror, Mirror on the Feed: Who Am I Online? – with Adéle Zeynep Walton, on addictive design, distorted reflections, and digital filters gone rogue. 

So pour a mimosa, kick off your kitten heels, and join us on the front row one last time as we close the show with style, substance, and a little sparkle. ✨

🎧 Listen now. Subscribe. And remember, darling—privacy is always in season.

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💌 Sorry, darling… we ran fashionably late.

Between consent forms, post-production glow-ups, and a flurry of fabulous guest voices, the latest episode of Data & The City took just a little longer to hit the runway. But trust us—it was worth every stylish second. 🖤

To make up for the wait, we’ve made this one extra long—think of it as the deluxe edition of your favourite playlist, with more sass, sparkle, and substance than ever.

🎧 In our Day 2 CPDP special, we serve you digital distraction makeovers, AI rave revelations, and the workwear edition of GDPR.

✨ Featured Chapters:
👓 The Thinking Person’s Filter – with Ulrik Lyngs, on how design tweaks can fix the algorithm’s attention-hungry wardrobe

💼 From 9 to Compliance – with Nikolaos Papadopoulos, where we discuss fairness, workplace surveillance and employee rights.

🪩  Vulnerable in the City: AI, Likes & Other Dependencies – with Gianclaudio Malgieri, diving into AI vulnerability, power imbalance, and why emotional data is the new black.

🎛️ From Catwalks to Consent Forms: A Rave About Rights – our deep dive into the CPDP day’s most dazzling panels and provocations.

So slip off those heels, grab your headphones, and get ready to dance through data protection with us. This episode? It's giving techno, tulle, and transparency—and it’s our longest (and possibly fiercest) yet. 

Your privacy is your power—and this one’s the afterparty.

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💅 It started with a lanyard… and ended with a cocktail in one hand and a GDPR debate in the other.

Welcome to the CPDP 2025 Edition of Data & The City—where data is high-stakes, heels are high, and the stakes for digital rights? Even higher.

In this episode:
👠 The Algorithm Spritz: Interview with Julia Apostle about AI governance
🍸 Vogue Ideas: The Opt-Ins and Opt-Outs of Day 1
🖇️ Cosmopolitics: Interview Larisa Munteanu on workplace power imbalances and GDPR.

So whether you're tuning in from a conference seat or clutching a Negroni miles away—plug in, glam up, and join us. Because at CPDP, privacy isn’t just policy… it’s a power move. 💼✨

🎙️ And just like that… the Opening Night of CPDP turned into a full-on runway for digital rights fashion.

In the latest episode of Data & The City, we’re serving you Brussels chic with a side of high-stakes data dilemmas. From an artistic view to keynote moments that shook us out of our algorithmic autopilot — we were there for it. 

✨ James Bridle asked: what is tech really doing to us — and what are we letting it do?

🌍 Mireille Hildebrandt reminded us that AI isn’t just futuristic — it’s extractive, political, and very much happening now.

🥂 And in true cocktail party fashion, a panel of experts debated data sovereignty, open-source dreams, and whether your inbox should depend on geopolitics.

So if you've ever wondered whether data protection can be dazzling — this one’s for you.


Because at Data & The City, your privacy is always in style.

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Today on Data & The City: One Smart Cookie, we traded Cosmos for cookies — but not the good kind. 🍪💔

In a city where love is complicated and brunch plans are sacred, who knew cookies — yes, those digital crumbs — could stir up so much drama? 🍪💔

Turns out, behind every “Accept All” button is a little digital drama, and the companies tracking us are more Gossip Girl than gal pals. XOXO, surveillance.

This week on Data & The City, we're serving up privacy tea hotter than a Manhattan summer sidewalk.

✨ Chapter Highlights:

• A Call to Action – Because protecting your data is the new little black dress: essential.
  Meta objection form
• Cookies – Deliciously Uncomplicated – We thought they were sweet... until AdTech got messy in the kitchen. 🍴
• Encrypted Answers – Real questions, real answers, because confusion is so last season. 🔐
• I Couldn't Help But Wonder… Were Cookie Banners the New Bad Dates? – Some look perfect at first... until you realize they just want to track your every move. 👀❤️

👠 So grab your cosmos, your cutest consent-denying finger, and join us for another fabulous episode where fashion meets privacy rights.

Because darling, in a world full of tracking cookies, being informed is the ultimate power move. 🖤

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👠 Data, Dating, and Digital Dangers – Oh My! 💕

Swipe right at your own risk, darling...
In Episode 3 of Data & The City, we’re spilling the tea on dating apps and privacy, decoding the fine print behind those seductive algorithms, and exposing the hidden risks lurking in your DMs.

🔍 Swipe Right for Data Sharing: Is your love life being tracked like last season’s trending handbag?
💌 Encrypted Answers: Your juiciest privacy questions, answered.
🤖 AI Lovers, Data Leaks, and Digital Heartbreak—Oh My!: romance revolution or digital delusion?

Whether you're ghosting, matching, or deep in an AI-fueled love affair, one thing is clear—when it comes to your data, love shouldn’t be blind.

🎧 Listen now! 
And remember, privacy is the ultimate power move. 💋 

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This is an edited version of episode 2 due to audio issues in the interview segment. 
For those that want to listen to the unedited version, please go to the original. 

📣 Data & The City – Episode 2 is here! 💻

✨AI is the it girl of the tech world—running our apps, curating our feeds, and learning everything about us. But have we stopped to ask: Who’s training whom? 🤔

In this episode, we’re spilling the digital tea on:

🖥️ The AI Act— The BalenciAIga of the Digital Decade 🛑
🤖 Neural Networks & AI Weirdness: A Cosmopolitan Chat with Janelle Shane 🍸
📱 The hottest AI apps—smart, sleek, and slightly terrifying 👀

Think AI is just your handy assistant? Think again.
Tune in before your data ends up on an algorithm’s runway🎧

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📣 Data & The City – Episode 2 is here! 💻

✨AI is the it girl of the tech world—running our apps, curating our feeds, and learning everything about us. But have we stopped to ask: Who’s training whom? 🤔

In this episode, we’re spilling the digital tea on:

🖥️ The AI Act— The BalenciAIga of the Digital Decade 🛑
🤖 Neural Networks & AI Weirdness: A Cosmopolitan Chat with Janelle Shane 🍸
📱 The hottest AI apps—smart, sleek, and slightly terrifying 👀

Think AI is just your handy assistant? Think again.
Tune in before your data ends up on an algorithm’s runway🎧

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