

Serious Privacy
Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien
The PICCASO award winning Podcast, for those who are interested in the hottest field of human rights and laws on the digital frontier. Whether you are a professional who wants to learn more about privacy and privacy laws, data protection, GDPR or cyber law or someone who just finds this fascinating, we have topics for you from data management to cybersecurity, from social justice to data ethics and AI and digital identity protection. In-depth information on serious privacy topics including interviews with privacy leadership, privacy culture, serious discussions, and more. This podcast, hosted by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien, features open, unscripted discussions with global privacy professionals (those kitchen table or back porch conversations) where you hear the opinions and thoughts of those who are on the front lines working on the newest issues in handling personal data. Real information on your schedule - because the world needs serious privacy. Follow us on BlueSky (@seriousprivacy.eu) or LinkedIn
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Oct 29, 2025 • 37min
A week in Privacy with Paul and Ralph
Send us Fan MailJoin us on this episode of Serious Privacy, as Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien present the breaking news and hot events in data protection and privacy while Dr. K Royal was out this week. Tune in for a great discussion and catch up! If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Oct 23, 2025 • 43min
The Tash Dash: a mini marathon on data protection
Send us Fan MailOn this week of Serious Privacy, Dr. K Royal connects with Tash Whitaker to cover all things top of mind in data protection. Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien were out, so Tash and K hit the microphone unfettered! Join us as we discuss DSARs, AI, and more - in the run up to the Privacy Space in London in less than a month away. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Oct 20, 2025 • 42min
The pattern is full with this week in privacy
Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Serious Privacy, hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal bring you a full week in privacy and data protection featuring new laws, new decisions, and new enforcement. We span from Pay to Play, to children's privacy, to California's Frontie AI - tune in... it's a hot one! If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Oct 8, 2025 • 34min
Ideas about IDs
Send us Fan MailOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, talk about the UK's plans to introduce a mandatory digital identity card. This is not the first time a proposal for mandatory ID has come up in the UK, and Ralph has thoughts about it. Paul on the other hand is a little surprised about the uproar, since mandatory ID has been introduced in the Netherlands many moons ago.UK Government press release"‘A hacker’s dream’: Britons on Keir Starmer’s plan for digital ID cards" - The Guardian - 27 September 2025 If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Oct 1, 2025 • 39min
Privacy Programs with a Touch of Magic (with Paul Iagnocco)
Send us Fan MailOn this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal speak with Paul Iagnocco, Head of Customer Enablement at our sponsor TrustArc. Apart from catching up, the team speaks with our guest about the development and maintenance of data protection compliance programs, especially in this time where AI is becoming more and more important. Links:Linkedin AI training settingsSRB v EDPS on pseudonymous data (C-413/23) If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Sep 27, 2025 • 31min
Fun with Facts plus... Korea!
Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth brings us news from the Global Privacy Assembly held in Korea and Dr. K Royal has fun with privacy trivia! Ralph O'Brien is out this week. Open offer to all fans... if you answered all the questions correctly, send oneof us your address and we will send you a sticker for playing Trivacy! If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Sep 19, 2025 • 36min
A slamming week in Privacy with Ralph and K
Send us Fan MailOn this week of Serious Privacy, Ralph O'Brien of Reinbo Consulting and Dr. K Royal (Paul Breitbarth is travelling) discuss current events in privacy, data protection, and cyber law. Fascinating episode with all the hot stories which seem to follow a theme - adequacy and child online safety, plus some enforcements. Coverage includes the decision on the European Court's decision on the Latombe suit challenging the adequacy of the EU-US thingie, Brazil, Tazania, Argentina, Austrailia, China, ChatGPT, and so much more! If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Sep 11, 2025 • 34min
Fireside Chat with a UK DPO (with Jordan Hall)
Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Serious Privacy, while both Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien of Reinbo Consulting are out, Dr. K Royal connects with Jordan Hall, a DPO based in the UK. Discussion centers around scope of DPO, where the field has developed, and thoughts on current events. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Aug 30, 2025 • 28min
Mish mash a privacy splash
Send us Fan MailOn this episode of seriousprivacy, Paul Breitbarth is away, so Ralph O’ Brien and Dr. K Royal bring you a mish mash week in privacy. Topics include current news and a little bit about the differences in GDPR compliance vs what the US privacy laws require. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.

Aug 20, 2025 • 36min
Think of the Children! Educational vs Technical controls.
Send us Fan MailBack to the week of news!On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O’Brien of Reinbo Consulting, and Dr. K Royal discuss the topics of the week, Age Verification, Technical controls vs Educational controls, Freedom of speech and censorship, Greek, Italian and ICO enforcement, and yet more data breaches!Sources:https://spectrum.ieee.org/online-safety-kids-ieee-standardhttps://www.girlonthenet.com/blog/age-verification-whats-the-harm/ (NSFW)https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4wy21dwkwohttps://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-knowhttps://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2025/greek-sa-imposition-fine-association-transmission-sensitive-data-failure_enhttps://nos.nl/artikel/2578338-datahack-bij-laboratorium-veel-groter-deel-gegevens-op-dark-webhttps://www.courthousenews.com/family-sues-roblox-discord-over-kidnapping-of-10-year-old-girl/ If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email podcast@seriousprivacy.eu. Rate and Review us! 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.


