Jakob Plesner Mathiasen is an attorney with a focus on Intellectual Property and emerging technologies. He serves as the Secretary for the Danish Society for Copyright Law and is the mind behind the Danish Entertainment Law podcast. He also teaches Entertainment Law at the University of Copenhagen. With Jakob we’ll try to better understand the copyright implications of Generative AI, and this should help many DPOs, CPOs, or innovation managers deal with the intellectual property side of...

Ito Onojeghuo works with a number of global establishments as an independent Data Protection Consultant, Group Data Protection Officer, and EU Representative. She is also the CEO at ALLNETLAW, which is a leading UK-based IAPP Training Partner. Besides holding an LL.M in Internet law and policy, Ito is a Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), a Certified Information Privacy Professional, and an Independent Conformity Assessment Advisor for the UK Age Check Certification Scheme (ACCS). With Ito...

Have you spent the past three months isolated from the world? We are bringing you up to speed with a long list of updates and news at the intersection of marketing, data, privacy, and technology.  Visit this episode's blog post on Masters of Privacy for a long list of references and notes.

Nick Baskett is DPO at Holland & Barrett. He has a personal interest in ethics and philosophy, encryption and AI, and he once published a book on Data Protection Impact Assessments. He was also the founder of one of the early Cyber Security consultancies in the UK (Matta). With Nick we have discussed best practices around Data Protection Impact Assessments or Privacy Impact Assessments, including their management at scale in the context of privacy operations, as well as risk assessment...

Catherine King is a content creator, moderator, enabler and instructor in the fields of data ethics and also the broader data and analytics space. She is currently global head of brand engagement at Orbition.  Catherine was recently a speaker at the Ethics in eCommerce Summit in London (put together by the Ethical Commerce Alliance) in which we coincided.  With her we have explored a more controversial and practical approach to data ethics, under the acceptance that morals reflect a...

With Nina Müller, Ethical Commerce Alliance Director and host of the Ethical Allies podcast. __ Notes: A more comprehensive coverage of all relevant updates can be found on our blog. The topics below have been specifically addressed during this recording: GDPR fines reached a new record when the Irish DPA, following considerable pressure from the EDPB, issued a 1.2bn EUR fine to Meta for its inability to comply with the Schrems II CJEU doctrine. The company behind Facebook, Instagram,...

Adam Klee has an impressive resume in the AdTech world, having worked at Disney, Google, NBC, Twitter, Polar, or Spotify. He is the founder of Licorice, a platform that “gives consumers the privacy they want and publishers the data they need”. Adam’s passion for solving this problem comes from both his years developing new ways to help drive better yield for publishers, and his experience as a consumer, where he thinks privacy should come standard. We are covering: Why email-based identity...

Eve-Christie Vermynck is a dual-admitted lawyer (civil law, common law) working at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. She advises clients on Cybersecurity, Privacy, IT/IP, blockchain and related topics. She is also a member of the Data Law Committee at The City of London Law Society. With Eve-Christie we are going to discuss the specific practical steps when it comes to dealing with personal data breaches in the UK or the EU. References: Eve-Christie Vermynck on LinkedIn...

As a lawyer turned entrepreneur, Dr. Mattia Fosci combines privacy and AdTech expertise. He is the founder and CEO of Anonymised, an advertising platform that helps publishers understand and monetise their audiences at scale across all browsers and devices, using only anonymous data. We have covered or touched on: The many limitations of contextual advertising and why it will not solve the most pressing issues  How ID-based alternatives are worse than cookies The manner in which browsers...

With Nina Müller, Ethical Commerce Alliance Director and host of the Ethical Allies podcast. __ This was a pretty active season in terms of regulatory updates and decisions or guidelines coming out of supervisory bodies:  Spain’s AEPD issued a decision on the use of Google Analytics by the Royal Academy of Spanish Language (“RAE”), becoming the first EU Data Protection Agency to see the glass half full in the use of the widespread digital data collection service (having been considered...

Nicola Newitt is a UK qualified lawyer who trained in private practice and worked at Slaughter and May before moving in-house to start her privacy career in Bupa’s international health insurance business. She is now Senior Privacy and Product Counsel at InfoSum, a leading Data Clean Room. With Nicola we have covered a very hot topic for anyone in the Marketing Technology or AdTech spaces. Our discussion included the following questions: Who’s the controller and who’s the processor in a...

Joana is Partner at Cuatrecasas, where she leads the Technology, Media and Telecom team. She has also worked for 3 years at ANACOM, Portugal's telecom and media regulator and one of the two supervisory authorities when it comes to the ePrivacy Directive in Portugal, the other being the Portuguese Data Protection Authority. Besides being fully versed in the opportunities presented by blockchain technologies, and having advised startups in the crypto space, Joana is co-author of the chapters...

Sunny Seon Kang is Global Privacy Counsel at VISA, specializing in AI Governance and Privacy Enhancing Technologies. She is well versed in comparative privacy law across the US, the EU and the UK. She has studied at Stanford and Berkeley in the US, as well as UCL in London, and is a member of the New York Bar. With Sunny we are discussing a highly complex but very exciting topic: Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning, as well as a more generic understanding of Privacy Enhancing Technologies.  ...

Tim Walters is a strategist, analyst, advisor, and speaker sitting at the intersection of data privacy, customer experience, and marketing strategy. Privacy Lead at Content Advisory, as well as founder of Zero Theory, Tim previously founded The Digital Clarity Group. He has also been a Senior Analyst at Forrester Research.  Some of his keynotes and publications include: “The Total Impossibility of Customer Experience Management”, “Data Privacy Goes Mainstream: An Unexpected Opportunity For...

Jose Belo (FIP, CIPP/E, CIPM) is a legal professional and Data Protection Officer, specialized in data protection, privacy and compliance. Jose is currently an International Research Fellow at the ISLC at the University of Milan (Italy). His last professional engagement was as Head of Data Privacy at Valuer.ai, an AI-powered tech company from Copenhagen, Denmark. Since January 2022, Jose has been appointed as a Member of the IAPP European Advisory Board. Jose is also, currently, co-chair of...

Sandy Tsakiridi is a ​​dual-qualified Senior Legal Counsel in HSBC's global Data Privacy team. As part of her responsibilities, she provides advice on privacy-related matters, including privacy risk management across all customer-facing lines of business and internal functions of the HSBC Group. Prior to her current role, Sandy worked as an external legal counsel in leading international law firms and one of the Big Four in Brussels and London.  Sandy holds a Bachelor and four postgraduate...

Brendan Quinn (Esq.) is a qualified Irish Solicitor, New York Attorney, and Fellow of the Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA), holding an LL.M from University College Dublin and Higher Diplomas in Computer Science and Data Analytics, as well as a postgraduate in Financial Technology. He is also the author of Data Protection Implementation Guide: A Legal, Risk and Technology Framework for the GDPR (Wolters Kluwer, September 2021).  Among other things, our guest helps innovative software...

With Nina Müller, Ethical Commerce Alliance Director and host of the Ethical Allies podcast. References: Full Newsroom (Fall 2022) Tara Taubman-Bassirian on the Instagram fine Peter Hense on valid consent Cory Underwood on Google Analytics and Sephora Derek A. Lackey on Joe Biden’s Executive Order (a marketer’s perspective) Stephan Grynwajc on Joe Biden’s Executive Order (a lawyer’s perspective) Selected updates:  Enforcement Starting with Europe, the most discussed recent case, and...

Stephan Grynwajc is admitted as a lawyer in the EU, the UK, the US and Canada, having worked as a privacy practitioner and DPO in both Europe and North America for the last 20 years. His own law firm offers external DPO services to EU/UK and US/Canada-based companies. Stephan is also a partner specialized in international privacy at Outside GC, a bicoastal US law firm. Stephan publishes regularly on various privacy topics, including for the IAPP Privacy Advisor. He is also an Adjunct...

Derek A. Lackey is Managing Director of Newport Thomson, a Privacy Agency based in Toronto. With more than 30 years of marketing, advertising and privacy experience, he is focused on data protection & privacy and its effect on the brand. Derek is the author of “CASL Compliance: A Marketer’s Guide to Email Marketing to Canadians”, and looks to simplify the implementation of new data management practices within organizations.  This will be the first of two separate perspectives on the...

Peter Hense is a partner at Spirit Legal, Germany. He specializes in data privacy litigation, particularly in the area of Advertising Technology. In this episode we discuss the uselessness and potential demise of Consent Management Platforms (CMPs) in a first-party data future. We will also touch on Data Clean Rooms and whether they actually deserve the label. References:  Peter Hense on Twitter Spirit Legal Introductory article (Sergio Maldonado) Brave’s announcement: Automated removal...

Tara Taubman-Bassirian is a French lawyer specialized in Privacy, Internet law and Intellectual Property. She is a published author, for many years raising awareness of privacy, data protection and cybersecurity issues. Tara has also launched an initiative, Fly A Kite, to raise cybersecurity awareness especially to keep kids safe online. She also holds an LLM from Queen Mary University.  References: EDPB’s binding decision on the Instagram case Instagram’s 405m EUR fine Tara’s website:...

Cory Underwood combines in-depth technical expertise in the MarTech and Analytics space with a thorough understanding of the ePrivacy legal framework. He has hands-on experience in Distributed System Design, A/B Testing, Tag Management or Analytics - and writes extensively about the intersection of digital analytics and cross-border privacy compliance. References: Cory Underwood’s blog Global Privacy Control Sephora settlement  CNIL’s suggestions for a GDPR-compliant Google Analytics...

Bechara is a cybersecurity professional leading the Telco cybersecurity business of Telefonica Global Solutions for EMEA & APAC, where he is in charge of establishing an ecosystem of partnerships. Bechara has participated in several CTF (capture-the-flag) events and got ranked 3rd in CTF Madrid 2019. Before Telefonica, Bechara was the founder of BTK Lebanon, a Lebanese-based IT company he sold in 2018. He is also adjunct professor of cybersecurity at IE Business School. References: ...

Mike J. Schmidt has extensive experience as an Advisor and Solutions Architect working worldwide in Identity Access Management (IAM), Data Privacy, and AI. He was one of the founders of MyData Global’s Canada Hub and has recently relocated to Spain. Together we are revisiting a few key topics: personal agency, identity, informed consent, MyData Operators, and AI. References: Celine Takatsuno on MyData business models  Paloma Llaneza on Consent Commons (Spanish) MyData 2022 MyData...