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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal launch the first week in privacy for 2025. Topics include the EDPS election, AI, and US state laws and enforcement - among others! 

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal interview with Wayne Unger, a #constitutional scholar and Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University. They delve into recent #U.S. #political events under the new administration. The discussion covers the legality of #executiveorders, implications for #privacylaws, #birthright #citizenship, #TikTok, and concerns about retaliation for political speech. Insights are shared on the broader impact of these issues both domestically and internationally.

00:00 Breaking News: Italian Regulator Blocks DeepSeek

02:41 Introduction to This Week's Guest: Wayne Unger

02:49 Constitutional Challenges in the U.S.

05:04 TikTok Ban: Legal and Political Implications

14:51 Trump's Executive Orders and Constitutional Questions

18:16 Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Controversy

23:30 Global Reactions and Personal Reflections

32:51 Concluding Thoughts and Farewell

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal launch the first week in privacy for 2025. Topics include State laws in the US entering into effect (link to White & Case article, but bonus for 10 areas for US-based privacy programs to focus in 2025 from Hintze Law) to a TikTok ban that was there and then it wasn't. European Data Protection Board opinions. Court of Justice of the EU. Regulatory issues in Kenya. so much more. and did we even talk about Deepseek? Remember to like and subscribe!

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien, and Dr. K Royal ring in the new year with Val Ilchenko, General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer of TrustArc. No topic was off limits! We discussed the ghosts of Privacy past, now, and future. Tune in to hear all about it as we kick off the new year on #GlobalDataPrivacyday / #GlobalDataProtectionDay 2025!

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In this final episode of the year, hosts Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O’Brien discuss the highlights of the fifth season of the Serious Privacy podcast, reflecting on the pivotal moments in privacy throughout 2024. They share insights into their favorite episodes, the progression and challenges within global privacy laws, and personal milestones. The hosts also predict what to expect in the privacy landscape in 2025, including advancements in legislation and regulations. As they sign off for the year, they extend their best wishes for the new year and invite listeners to provide feedback and suggestions for future episodes, marking the transition to a new season with an elevated reflectiveness and anticipation. We thank all of our fans and guests and especially our sponsor TrustArc for their support and enthusiasm. 

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A final week in privacy episode of Serious Privacy in 2024, where Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal once again give the lead to Big Tech. And Netflix. 

From all of us in the podcast team, we wish you and your loved ones happy holidays. Stay tuned for the season 5 finale!

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In this week's episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal and Ralph O'Brien speak with Cathleen Doyel of our sponsor TrustArc about all things contract management. Cathleen has been a commercial contract lawyer for many years, in recent times with a strong focus on data protection clauses. For most of us, contracts are never fun, so this is your opportunity to get some best practices to have a better 2025, including through the use of trust centers for all the contract supporting documentation.

In addition, in this episode our hosts talk about the recent TikTok developments, both in the United States and in Romania. 

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal connect with John Keeves, partner at Johnson Winter Slatterly in Australia to discuss all things Australia. In particular we discussed the Cyber Security Act of 2024 and other recent changes and enforcement activities. Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing.

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal cover a relatively slow week in privacy, including a settlement with Oracle out of California, some new WorldCoin investigations, KOSA, and a position paper from BEUC so we also throw in some frank discussion of AI tools and how they can help in our personal and professional lives.Tune in for some #livinglearninglaughing. 

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Mid November is the time of the year where the data protection community comes together in Brussels for the annual IAPP Data Protection Congress. Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal were not able to join this year, but our third host Ralph O'Brien was in town, and has grabbed some people in between sessions for interviews. This week on Serious Privacy, you get his report. Listen to Ralph's conversations with Jim Campbell, Robert Baugh, Matteo Colombo and Rossana Baldon, and Andreea Lisievici Nevin.

Edited by Fey O'Brien.

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