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November 11 PHP VUlnerability from the Other Side (Fan Perspective with Simon Hania)
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal connect with Simon Hania, former DPO at #Uber. Simon reached out with a comment on a prior week in privacy to share his disagreement on something we said. So we invited him on the show to share his pespective on the PHP vulnerability and potential complications and impact. @trustarc

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From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
33 min
November 04 Animal Crackers - A Week in Privacy
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The unexpected question - do animal crackers translate?
A week in privacy with Paul, K and Ralph, including AI, Data Protection by Design, Are Controllers and Processors the right terms, Digital omnibus, latest news judgements, and a board game update (moving from crowdfunding to retail)!!!

We pack it all in to our latest episode!

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35 min
October 28 A hot news week in privacy
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal review hot news over the past week including enforcement against Meta - Cambridge Analytica just won't die, cybersecurity, and other stories in our world. And a big Congrats to Maastricht University's European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity (ECPC) for its 10th anniversary in 2026, celebrating a decade of training professionals in data protection, GDPR implementation, and digital governance!

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34 min
October 21 Certifiably Blessed - all about accreditations and certifications with Noel Luke and TrustArc
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal connect with @Noel Luke, of @TrustArc to discuss all things certifiable... pretty sure we can all agree that one is certifiably blessed to work in this fabulous field.

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31 min
October 14 They're Speaking my Language (or are they?) - week in privacy
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Bretibarth, and Ralph O'Brien cover a smashing week in privacy! Dr. K Royal is at the @Association of Corporate Counsel in Boston speaking on Information Governance (with @tanya Avila, sajju george, and Stacey Shaw). Paul and Ralph got you covered with all the good stuff!
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33 min
October 08 What does Privacy have to do with horses? That's what we asked (with CPPA Phil Laird)
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Ralph O'Brien and Dr. K Royal host the #CPPA California Privacy Protecction Agency's General Counsel, @Phil Laird and what a fascinating conversation! We hated to say good-bye! Paul Breitbarth was out this spisode, so it will be another week for the scooby gang.
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39 min
September 30 A week in privacy - Themes not Dreams
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal discuss a week in privacy and they seem to be themes but not dreams. privacy is a work in progress. Ralph O'Brien was out this week. @trustarc

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31 min
September 23 A Solo Cup of Privacy
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Dr. K Royal was unepectedly solo (Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, were both traveling). So she provides a completely unscripted episode covering changes she has seen in the past 2 decades aloing with some news highlights. She promised not to sing too much. @trustarc

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31 min
September 16 Honor and Impact - Ralph and K get serious on 9/11
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal take a moment (or 41 moments) to reflect on the meaning, history, and honor on 9/11. It's a humbling podcast, but one you will enjoy. We also bake in some privacy news. @trustarc @Paul Breitbarth,

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41 min
September 09 When Paul's away - A week in Privacy with Ralph and K!
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal cover a week in privacy, with a pretty random bag of stuff! We discuss enforcement actions, AI legislation, jewellery, password advice, special category data and all the latest news and views!
Australian consultation
https://consultations.ag.gov.au/rights-and-protections/privacy-reform/

Carey leming substack
https://insights.priva.cat/

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From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
35 min

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