ODPA Data Protection Teabreak

It is people, not laws, that drive privacy. What about privacy makes it universal across the world and throughout history? How do non-Western societies demonstrate how individuals, communities and civilizations instinctively cherish privacy? How did the Ancient Romans solve universal and timeless privacy problems around maintaining and verifying identity?

This podcast series, Privacy across Time and Space, was inspired by a panel discussion at the Venice Privacy Symposium in May 2025. In it we hear from global privacy leaders Alex White (Privacy Commissioner, Bermuda PrivCom), Alexandra Delaney Bhattacharya (Isle of Man Information Commissioner) and Shana Morgan (Global Head of AI, L3Harris Tech). as they share inspiring stories of privacy as both an inalienable right and a practical solution that transcends global, political, and socio-economic boundaries.

In this concluding episode, Bailiwick Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan discusses why privacy is more than just a compendium of laws, with a deep historical and philosophical foundation that has shaped, over time, the principles and rights that we embrace today.

It is people, not laws, that drive privacy. What about privacy makes it universal across the world and throughout history? How did the Ancient Romans solve the timeless privacy problems around maintaining and verifying identity? What can cinema reveal about privacy in Indian culture? How is privacy viewed in indigenous communities and how has their data been misused?

This podcast series, Privacy Across Time and Space, was inspired by a panel discussion at the Venice Privacy Symposium in May 2025. In it we hear from global privacy leaders Alexander White (Queensland Privacy Commissioner), Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya (Isle of Man Information Commissioner) and Shana Morgan (Global Head of AI, L3Harris Tech). as they share inspiring stories of privacy as both an inalienable right and a practical solution that transcends global, political, and socio-economic boundaries.

In this episode, storyteller Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya takes us through the cultural associations of privacy in India and what analysing contemporary films can tell us about how privacy is understood.

It is people, not laws, that drive privacy. What about privacy makes it universal across the world and throughout history? How do non-Western societies demonstrate how individuals, communities and civilisations instinctively cherish privacy? How did the Ancient Romans solve universal and timeless privacy problems around maintaining and verifying identity?

This podcast series, Privacy Across Time & Space, was inspired by a panel discussion at the Venice Privacy Symposium in May 2025. In it we hear from global privacy leaders Alexander White (Queensland Privacy Commissioner), Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya (Isle of Man Information Commissioner) and Shana Morgan (Global Head of AI, L3Harris Tech). as they share inspiring stories of privacy as both an inalienable right and a practical solution that transcends global, political, and socio-economic boundaries.

In this first episode, Commissioner Brent Homan talks with Alexander White, a former privacy advisor to the US Department of Homeland Security, Bermuda’s first Privacy Commissioner and now Queensland’s new Privacy Commissioner.

It is people, not laws, that drive privacy. What about privacy makes it universal across the world and throughout history? How did the Ancient Romans solve the timeless privacy problems around maintaining and verifying identity? What can cinema reveal about privacy in Indian culture? How is privacy viewed in indigenous communities and how has their data been misused?

This podcast series, Privacy across Time and Space, was inspired by a panel discussion at the Venice Privacy Symposium in May 2025. In it we hear from global privacy leaders Alexander White, Queensland's new Privacy Commissione; Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya, Isle of Man Information Commissioner and Shana Morgan, Global Head of AI, L3Harris Tech; as they share inspiring stories of privacy as both an inalienable right and a practical solution that transcends global, political, and socio-economic boundaries.

In this podcast, storyteller Shana Morgan discusses the historic underpinnings of indigenous data privacy and how it is uniquely viewed within indigenous communities and their collective-focused society.

Guernsey student Madelaine Russell was the 2024 beneficiary of a prestigious bursary which has transported her to the other side of the world and changed her horizons. Each year, just one sixth form student from the Bailiwick is eligible for a fully funded place at Brock University in Ontario as part of the historic links between Canada and Guernsey.

In this ODPA podcast, the political science student sits down for a conversation with Bailiwick Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan – who just so happens to hail from Canada. They discuss life in a cold climate, how her interest in public outreach and human rights led to her becoming the first successful applicant of the ODPA’s new intern programme and their common love of sports.

This podcast is part of the Office of the Data Protection Authority’s social initiative which aims to harness the power of shared experiences and stories to encourage ethical data use and engage people on a cultural level.

This is the third and final instalment in the ODPA’s podcast series, Data, Democracy and Freedom. The series examines:

• How people’s information can be weaponized to undermine elections and democracy

• How to preserve civil liberties and strike the right balance between national security/program delivery and upholding privacy rights

• How technology may be influencing our freedom of thought and expression

In this podcast, ODPA Commissioner Brent Homan talks to human rights lawyer and author Susie Alegre. They explore tech-driven threats to our mental freedom - how algorithms feed off our personal data and filter content which end up shaping our everyday thoughts and choices from what we eat to how we vote.

Susie Alegre is a legal pioneer in digital human rights, in particular the impact of AI on the human rights of freedom of thought and opinion.

She founded the Isle of Man’s Island Rights Initiative, has an MA Hons in French and Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh, a Masters in European and International Human Rights Law from the University of Nantes and a PhD in International Human Rights Law from the University of Roehampton.

Susie is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance and Innovation (CIGI) and is fluent in French and Spanish. Susie has worked with many NGOs including Amnesty International and international organisations including the UN, the EU and the Council of Europe.

Her first book ‘Freedom to Think’ won Financial Times Technology Book of the Year 2022 and was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Christopher Bland Prize 2023. She has recently published a second book ‘Human Rights, Robot Wrongs: Being Human in the Age of AI’.

Travis LeBlanc is a leading US Civil Rights lawyer, former Chief of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Enforcement Bureau under President Obama and current member of the US government’s Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board member (PCLOB).

In this podcast, he talks to Bailiwick of Guernsey Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan about his re-appointment to PCLOB, the greatest challenges to preserving civil liberties and striking the right balance between national security and upholding privacy rights.

This is the second in the ODPA’s podcast series, Data, Democracy and Freedom.

The series examines:

• how people’s information can be weaponized to undermine elections and democracy.

• How to preserve civil liberties and strike the right balance between national security/program delivery and upholding privacy rights.

• how technology may be influencing our freedom of thought and expression

This is the first in the ODPA’s new podcast series, Data, Democracy and Freedom. It examines:

• How people’s information can be weaponized to undermine elections and democracy.

• How to preserve civil liberties and strike the right balance between national security/program delivery and upholding privacy rights.

• How technology may be influencing our freedom of thought and expression

In this first episode, Guernsey Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan sits down with privacy and civil liberties advocate Dr Colin Bennett to discuss Privacy and Politics, surveillance technologies, and whether artificial intelligence is a friend or foe for personal freedom.

Dr Bennett is Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria, Canada, Professor Emeritus at UVIC as well as an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Global Studies, and writer of many books and articles including: ‘Transparent Lives: Surveillance in Canada’; ‘Security Games: Surveillance and Control at Mega-Events’; and ‘The Governance of Privacy: Policy Instruments in Global Perspective’.

Revealing more of a personal side to Bailiwick of Guernsey Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan as he talks to Radio Guernsey presenter Jim Delbridge on his weekly show, sharing stories of his youth and how he is finding life on the Island - all framed by a Canadian soundtrack of Rush, the Tragically Hip and the Spoons!

From Texas, snowballs and the world's longest skating rink to island cliff hikes and scraped up cars - a fun chat definitely worth a listen!!

In the ODPA’'s 2025 Project Bijou lecture, Guernsey Data Protection Commissioner Brent Homan sits down with Australian Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind to discuss her vision as a new Commissioner for Australia, children’s rights, how to make social media safer without turning young people into outlaws and the mass adoption of AI.

⭐ What is the Bijou Lecture series?

The ODPA launched its annual Bijou Lecture in 2022, as part of its outreach arm ‘Project Bijou’ which aims to encourage the sharing of stories, knowledge and experiences related to ethical data use, in a way that benefits everyone.

You can access all lectures at: www.odpa.gg/project-bijou/the-bijou-lecture