In the eighth episode of the M&M (Michael and Myles) podcast we are joined by David Creighton-Offord, the senior Information Security Consultant within the Information Security Team at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss the importance of information security and privacy regulations and how they apply to the technologies of today plus consider their role in AI and Automation.Michael Gallagher is a Lecturer in Digital Education at the Centre for Research in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. Myles Blaney is a service manager in Digital Learning Applications and Media. We are both involved on the Distance Learning at Scale project which is tasked with the investigation and delivery of MicroMasters and Masters online programmes.