Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Roy Smith, CEO, PrivacyCheq. We discuss his atypical journey into privacy by coding for the original IBM PC, involvement in digital music production and recording as one of the founders of digital audio company Turtle Beach, his family’s background in patents, COPPA, CCPA, and children’s privacy between ages 13 and 16, the impact of states are creating privacy laws in the absence of US Federal legislation, lack of standardization in consumer-based privacy laws, the problem of complexity and fragmentation in privacy, global privacy control and the return of do not track, trouble ahead for companies that don’t see the need for privacy, the death of cookies, browser retention fingerprinting the business advantage of privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Leila R. Golchehreh, Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Relyance AI. We discuss her background and what Relyance AI does in privacy and data governance, the difficulties of understanding the needs of large organizations, the proactive and the reactive parts of compliance, changes in products that create privacy havoc, and the impact of the lack of Data Privacy as a human right on people’s health and other rights after the Roe v. Wade and Dobbs decisions, the idea of “data as the new gold” has led to risk due to their overcollection and retention of data, the Amazon acquisition of One Medical and data retention and minimization of legacy data, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Bogdan Grigorescu, VP, Head of Quality Assurance Engineering & AI Systems, Scaling Automation at Afiniti. We discuss his interest in data, AI, automation and his career trajectory, the human impact of automation, the effects of automation on Data Privacy and security, the need for trust when data is gathered, and those without access can slip through the digital divide, his post on “Automating Harm”, the need for human control and judgment in AI systems, the Google researcher who claimed a chatbot had become sentient, the importance of acknowledging psychological considerations in automated systems, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Prashant Mahajan, Founder & CTO, of Privado. We the company’s growth and commitment to help organizations prevent privacy challenges at the code level, the problems Privado solves for organizations, how to get companies to be proactive about privacy, the conflict between data uses and compliance, addressing speed challenges in operations, majority of data privacy issues missed due to manual processes, how privacy changes affect AdTech and his company’s ability to help, the Ad industry now and the need for change course, how Privado makes the developer’s life easier, what he sees as future issues, harm is irreversible, and thus one should try to prevent it, his client's statements of benefits to them, companies benefit from Data Privacy automation and transparency, relying on memory brings risk to organizations and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Katy Pusch, Lead Director of Product & Integration, Cox2M. We discuss her beginning in analytics and project management, the importance of evaluating risk, the scope of her work in IoT, the great prevalence of IoT devices, what surprises her about new industries and products in data science, lack of adequate thought about more advanced tools, overcollection of data from consumers, incremental consent, problems of technological isolation, a class action BIPA suit in Illinois, the need for more transparency about the value of data, the regulatory focus on third-party data sharing, wearables and data collection, data brokers and HIPAA loopholes, respect for privacy benefits businesses and individuals, decision fatigue and the need for simplification, trust, data quality, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Heath Spencer, CEO, TraitWare. We discuss his early tech journey in business, the prevalence of password news in the media, TraitWare and its unique approach to multi-factor authentication, the importance of the business aspect of security through mobile devices, passwords remain necessary where smart devices are lacking, increase in multi-factor adoption due to COVID, decentralization of identity from business to individual, privacy and identity are often perceived as co-mingled, the appeal of using existing biometric devices, FIDO.org, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Stefanie Drysdale, Vice President, Cyber at Prescient. We discuss her career that led to Prescient, the risk of people at high levels who delegate tasks, digital impersonation risks, the online identity that must be protected, her current privacy concerns, security for children, false sense of technological security, preying on people’s vulnerability in applying pressure to act, vulnerability through social media, lack of awareness and action on privacy, the need to fight the idea that achieving privacy is futile, different levels of privacy may be achieved, the increasing prevalence of deep fakes, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Susie Alegre, International Human Rights Lawyer, Author of Freedom to Think: The Long Struggle to Liberate our Minds. We discuss her background initially in philosophy, and then human rights law, Cambridge Analytica and algorithmic power, the advantage of a philosophic background in critical thinking, her concerns about privacy in technology, the Metaverse and its effect on behavior, emotional AI, new sensors are gathering more significant and revealing data, the false analogy of Internet as a library as the search shows us each different results, the social cost of Data Privacy abuse and reducing the negative impact on people, the potential harm of technology, the UK Algorithmic Transparency Framework, simplicity of information important due to its volume, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Bianca Lopes, Identity & Access Advocate for Humanity, Co-Founder, Talle. We discuss her start in political science and diplomacy, business and banking, identity fueling the shift from corporate to individual rights, fear leads to the desire for both more openness and more security, the problems in the use of identity systems, privacy, and protection for organizations, the need for healthy customer relationships to create trust, the value exchange between business and individuals, the concern for the individual’s benefit to be a core value, biometrics and Data Privacy, high risk of data with low business value, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

In episode 91 of “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast, Debbie Reynolds talks to Gal Ringel, Co-Founder & CEO, Mine PrivacyOps, Israel. We discuss his journey to privacy from his start in security and his desire to help the individual, most people are unaware that they can request a copy of their data or be forgotten in the EU, lack of fine control and transparency, and how his company enables people to know what companies know about them, the ever-increasing threat to privacy and providing choice, more than 300,000 people saved from a data breach by his software, services extended to businesses, the 4 main problems companies have in privacy and the importance of easy deployment, implementation of privacy solutions, importance of being proactive in the approach to privacy, many companies take a backward approach to privacy, shadow IT, the importance of considering data used by former employees and data mapping, his views on privacy and the importance of his company’s ability to solve the problem and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

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Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to John H. Sudduth, Chief Information Officer, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. We discuss, his career journey in Cybersecurity and what is happening with cybersecurity at municipalities, what began his interest in privacy, insider threats to Data Privacy, the cyber risks of shadow IT, the increasing complexity of threats, his emerging privacy concerns, lack of Regulation of third-party data use, his gift of simplicity in communication and advisory, the importance of listening in executive communications, the differences in his public and private sector experience, technology that aids privacy retention, companies having a European outlook, unique challenges of municipalities in implementing privacy and their needing to deal with IoT, crosstalk between devices and abilities, the profusion of capabilities in IoT devices and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Samara Starkman, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder at INQ Consulting, Partner at INQ Law Canada. We discuss her journey into privacy, her current privacy concerns such as ransomware, the ongoing issues of security and privacy, privacy news in Canada, the cloud, her advice to prospective new consultants, her professional training program, the need for constant research from trusted sources, the need for information exchange, the best first step to enter privacy profession, her privacy concerns about future technological advancements, behavior effects on Data Privacy, risks of data retention, privacy should be a business decision and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Takaya Terakawa, CEO, Technica-Zen, K.K., Japan, and Author. We discuss the Asian concept of privacy, the advantage of other professional experiences prior to a career in privacy, the subject of his forthcoming book, the history of the PIPL in China and privacy in the Asia Pacific regions, differences between human and consumer rights in Asia, punishment for cybercrimes resulting in criminal penalties, the harm caused by data misuse, his privacy concerns with emerging technology, the potential impact of lack of privacy in the future, the risks vs rewards of technology, the regulatory focus on harm verse specific technologies, potentially more stringent privacy laws, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Danyetta Fleming, CEO, Covenant Security Solutions Intl. We discuss her background and journey into cybersecurity, her idea that cybersecurity is about protecting humanity, how profit motives may lead to detrimental privacy practices, facial recognition technology, the collection of redundant info leads to privacy and security risks with no redress, biometric technology can be intrusive, inadequate redress for technological error, information will be around a long time, her current privacy concerns, the importance of context, AI is a double-edged sword, we can’t let technology rule us, inexperienced designers can be problematic, the lack of technology can make you vulnerable, adapted technology can lead to trouble, low tech and no tech, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Erik Rind, Founder & CEO at ImagineBC. We discuss his career journey to privacy and marketing technologies, his personal and professional privacy concerns, user choice and data agency, the prospect of data monetization for individuals, the asymmetry of benefit from data between marketers and the individual, data rights differences between consumers vs. humans rights, regulation lagging behind technologies, privacy and monetary freedom, data scraping, the danger in using biometrics, facial recognition and harm of data abuses without adequate redress, recognition of imperfection in data systems, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Mark Dobson, IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) Program Manager, NextUse. We discuss his 25 years of IT roles, the considerable risk and problem of Data Privacy and data loss, his history of proper disposal of data and hardware assets, what is involved in improper data sanitization, AAA data disposal organizations, the end of digital transformation is digital degradation, a cautionary tale of Data Privacy and cybersecurity breach case against Morgan Stanley resulting in over 120 million dollars in fines and lawsuits, the lack of executive education on proper dispose of hardware and data, which creates a data risk for organizations, the importance of chain of custody, his thoughts about Data Privacy regulations which place the onus on organizations to avoid data risk, the need to budget for the end of life data disposal, and hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Enrico Panai, Ph.D., Data and AI Ethicist, Éthicien du numérique, from France. We discuss his work on AI and technology, his work on AI ethics with ForHumanity, AI uses of nudge technologies, the need for ethics in AI, audits of AI systems, How ethics and regulation are related to AI, unexpected results of AI, Real-Time Bidding and AI transparency protecting the privacy of individuals, how people can be influenced by AI systems, the UK Age Appropriate Design Code, danger and challenge of inferences made about you not subject to regulation, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Noble Ackerson, President of Cyber XR, Award-winning Full-stack Product Lead, Spatial Computing, and Data Governance Expert. We discuss his design and technical background as a product manager, his experience with biometrics, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, his views on the rollout and implementation of Google Glass, assisted reality and data trust, the context of data capture, what is happening with XR technologies now, the efforts of Apple on Data Privacy and the impact of app transparency, the evolution of third-party data collection in XR environments, explainability and responsible use of AI, bias and AI, and hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Tom Cottingham, CEO, and Partner at Flyover Media Group LLC. We discuss his work on the early internet company TechRepublic and his journey to creating Flyover Future to highlight technology talent in the mid-western part of the US, the impact of remote work and Covid on tech investment in the midwest, the regional talent pool working all over the world, cybersecurity professionals wanting to move from tactics to strategy, concerns about cybersecurity understanding at the board level, the need for cybersecurity and data privacy to be proactive, funding for privacy technology within organizations, future of authentication and blockchains, his concerns on the use of facial recognition technologies, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Divya Dwivedi, Data Ethics & Privacy Advocate, a practicing advocate at the Supreme Court of India. We discuss her diverse interests in law and technology, her interest in privacy, the influence of India in privacy as the world’s largest democracy, the difference between privacy as a fundamental human right versus A consumer right, the status of India’s Personal Data Protection Bill of 2019, India’s strict rules on data localization as it relates to banking, the duty to protect privacy, the need to emphasize privacy on the Internet, gender, and privacy, the Hague Convention and Data Privacy, thoughts on the Asia Pacific Privacy Framework, AI and privacy, bias in AI, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.