

"The Data Diva" Talks Privacy Podcast"
Debbie Reynolds
The Data Diva Talks Privacy PodcastThe Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast features thought-provoking discussions with global leaders on the most pressing data privacy challenges facing businesses today. Each episode explores emerging technologies, international laws and regulations, data ethics, individual rights, and the future of privacy in a rapidly evolving digital world.With listeners in more than 158 countries and 3,594 cities, the podcast delivers valuable insights for executives, technologists, regulators, and anyone navigating the global data privacy landscape.Global Reach and RankingsRanked in the Top 2% of 4.6 million podcasts worldwideTop 5% of 3 million+ podcasts globally (2024) – ListenNotesMore than 1 million downloads worldwideTop 5% in weekly podcast downloads (2024) – The Podcast HostTop 50 peak in Business and Management (2024) – Apple PodcastsRecognition and Awards#1 Data Privacy Podcast Worldwide (Privacy Plan)5 Best Data Privacy and Data Protection Podcasts for 2025 (Velotix) Best Data Privacy Podcasts 2026 (RadarFirst) The 17 Best Privacy Podcasts To Listen 2025 (bCast) Best Data Privacy Podcasts 2025 ( Player FM) Best Data Privacy Podcasts 2026 (Goodpods)Best Privacy Podcasts 2026 (Feedspot) #1 Data Privacy Podcast Worldwide 2024 – Privacy PlanThe 10 Best Data Privacy Podcasts in the Digital Space 2024 – bCastBest Data Privacy Podcasts 2024 – Player FMBest Data Privacy Podcasts – Top Shows of 2024 – GoodpodsBest Privacy and Data Protection Podcasts 2024 – TermageddonTop 40 Data Security Podcasts You Must Follow 2024 – Feedspot#1 Global Data Privacy Podcast (2021, 2022, 2023)Community Champion Award – Privacy First Awards, Transcend (2024)20 Best Data Rights Podcasts – Threat Technology Magazine (2021)Audience Demographics34% Data Privacy decision-makers (CXO level)24% Cybersecurity decision-makers (CXO level)19% Privacy Tech and Emerging Tech companies17% Investor Groups (Private Equity, Venture Capital, etc.)6% Media, Press, Regulators, and AcademicsEngagement and Reach1,000–1,500 average weekly downloads5,000–11,500 average monthly LinkedIn impressionsMore than 15,000 subscribers to the Data Privacy Advantage newsletterSponsor Impact4 podcast sponsors secured funding within 12 months of featuring$45 million average funding raised per sponsor3 average new enterprise customer sales per sponsor within 6 monthsAbout Debbie ReynoldsDebbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” is a globally recognized authority on Data Privacy and Emerging Technology. With more than 20 years of experience, she advises organizations across industries, including AdTech, FinTech, EdTech, Biometrics, IoT, AI, Smart Manufacturing, and Privacy Tech. As CEO and Chief Data Privacy Officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting LLC, she combines technical expertise, business strategy, and global regulatory insight to help organizations retain value, reduce risk, and increase revenue.Learn more: https://www.debbiereynoldsconsulting.com/
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Nov 16, 2021 • 1h 5min
The Data Diva E54 - Chris Roberts and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Chris Roberts, a Cybersecurity Luminary, Advisor, Researcher, Hacker, Chief Geek at the Hillbilly Hit Squad. We discuss his top concerns about cybersecurity in organizations, the good and bad things about data silos, businesses respecting the rights of individuals, misconceptions in media about hackers, how did we get where we are now with cybersecurity, where should we be moving forward with data privacy, having the right discussions with corporations about data privacy, what we need to know about cybersecurity as a profession, AI, bias, the technology battle for the gaze of individuals, ownership of inferences, Internet as library analogy, the importance of Data Privacy and the future, consumers needing help which is a business opportunity, and his hopes for Data Privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Nov 9, 2021 • 42min
The Data Diva E53 - Demeka Fields and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Demeka Fields, Counsel, Global Sports Marketing, Data Privacy at New Balance. We discuss her journey into privacy from the Minnesota Vikings to New Balance, our collaboration together via Ironclad, law schools and educating about technology, third-party data risk, the path from digital transformation to digital degradation, the risks involved with retaining legacy data, Cyber risks of ransomware, the need for better proactive cybersecurity plans, and her hopes for Data Privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Nov 2, 2021 • 44min
The Data Diva E52 - Jimmy Sanders and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Jimmy Sanders, Information Security, Netflix, and San Francisco Bay Area Chapter President of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) since 2014. We discuss our mutual involvement in the Tech Cares initiative (led by Lan Jenson, CEO of CyberTrust America) to help small businesses with digital transformation after covid, , how his background in behavioral psychology has helped him in his technology career, the interplay of data privacy and Cybersecurity, the importance of metrics to convey information to businesses, what help consumers need from Cybersecurity professionals, advice for people who want executive positions in Cybersecurity,his desire for a privacy bill of rights, the problem of using biometrics in security as a solution, his biggest privacy concerns, and his hopes for Data Privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Oct 26, 2021 • 40min
The Data Diva E51 - Davi Ottenheimer and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Davi Ottenheimer VP, Trust, and Digital Ethics Technologist, Inrupt. We discuss our lack of preparedness for the future of AI and technology, ethics inAI, AI errors have no redress, correct balance between law and technology, difficulty in crafting a US Federal Data Privacy law, individual agency with identity rights, AI bias and inference, the concept of digital slavery, the privacy vs security debate, and his hopes for Data Privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Oct 19, 2021 • 52min
The Data Diva E50 - Kurt Cagle and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Kurt Cagle, CEO Semantical, LLC, Editor in Chief of The Cagle Report, Community Editor, Data Science Central. We discuss his background in technology, what is the Semantic web,how the semantic web will change computing, Data Privacy and the rights of the individual, problems with search and image recognition, his biggest concerns about Data Privacy, the dangers of inference, and his hopes for data privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Oct 12, 2021 • 56min
The Data Diva E49 - Masheika Allgood and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to, Masheika Allgood Founder and CEO of AllAI Consulting, LLC and AI Ethicist. We discuss her talent of highlighting the impact of AI and algorithms on humans, the mythical idea of AI versus the reality of AI, assumptions, and inferences that can be problematic with AI, Bias in AI, the tension between technology and law, Data Privacy in the US, and her wish for data privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Oct 5, 2021 • 40min
The Data Diva E48 - Jon von Techzner and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Jon von Techzner CEO of Vivaldi Technologies and creator of the Vivaldi Web Browser, also Former CEO of Opera (web browser). We discuss his work on the early internet, the evolution of web browsing from the 1990s to today, his experience growing the Opera web browser to a 350 million user base, the fundamentals of respecting the data privacy rights of consumers, the challenges of inference, the problem with consumer consent, cookies, and web tracking, data monetization by companies who have consumer data, cookie cases in the EU, why he created the Vivaldi browser, the ethics gap with data privacy, the need for regulation, third party data starting and his wish for data privacy in the future. By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Sep 28, 2021 • 29min
The Data Diva E47 - Dr. Ann Cavoukian and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Executive Director at Global Privacy & Security by Design Centre. Dr. Cavoukian is the creator of the “Privacy By Design” framework that has famously been incorporated into the EU’s landmark General Data Protection Regulation. We discuss how Dr. Cavoukian created her Privacy By Design framework in the 1990s while she was the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Canada, the tension between technology and law, third party data risks highlighted in privacy regulations, the relationship between privacy and freedom, the future of Privacy as a profession, Smart Cities, privacy as a human right, privacy and consent, the need for transparency and her hopes for data privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Sep 21, 2021 • 49min
The Data Diva E46 - Alexandre Blanc and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Alexandre Blanc. A LinkedIn “Top Voice”, Top 20 Cyber Risk Communicator of 2019 and 2020, and CISO of VARS Corporation. We discuss passion and journey into Cybersecurity, the need for public relations campaigns to educate about Cybersecurity,, the misunderstanding and cyber risks of using the Cloud, How Data Privacy and Cybersecurity connect, the need to tie data uses to legitimate transparent purposes and reduce cyber risks, and his wish for Data Privacy in the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC

Sep 14, 2021 • 43min
The Data Diva E45 - Wayne Lloyd and Debbie Reynolds
Send us Fan MailDebbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to, Wayne Lloyd, the CEO and Founder of Smarter Contracts, a Data Privacy Rights Software. We discuss his transition into Data Privacy technology from Banking technology, using Blockchain in Data Privacy technology, the rising importance of individual data rights around the world, Open Banking initiatives and its Data Privacy challenges, the different dimensions of individual consent, the impact of incremental consent, the importance trust as a business differentiator with data management, and his wish for Data Privacy the future.By popular demand, Debbie Reynolds Consulting is now offering executive briefings on emerging data privacy risks and how companies can avoid them. To learn more, visit the Executive briefings page on my website.Support the showBecome an insider, join Data Diva Confidential for data strategy and data privacy insights delivered to your inbox. 💡 Receive expert briefings, practical guidance, and exclusive resources designed for leaders shaping the future of data and AI. 👉 Join here: http://bit.ly/3Jb8S5pDebbie Reynolds Consulting, LLC


