Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Jess Simpson, SVP, Global Solutions Consulting & Verified Technology, Publicis Groupe, Global Data & Tech Consulting. We discuss her journey in technology and data, self-taught education, marketing and adtech, life and work changes involving privacy and antitrust, content moderation, current privacy and technology concerns, clean rooms, brand safety privacy-driven collaborations, and hopes for the future of data privacy.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Chris Glanden, Host of The BarCode Cybersecurity Podcast and Security Strategist Advisor. We discuss the importance of having a clear message in podcasts and how security goes beyond technology. We touch on the myth of insider threats, the dangers of neglecting basic security measures, and the overlap of privacy and cybersecurity. The conversation covers the impact of IoT, current cybersecurity news, and the need for proactive education to avoid being an easy target for hackers. Lastly, Chris shares his vision for the future of Data Privacy.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Antonette Igbenoba, Privacy and Ethics Associate Counsel, Upwork. We discuss her journey to privacy with the IRS, EEOC, and private practice. We cover topics such as internships, networking, mentors, starting a business, Smart Cities, and Privacy by Design. We discuss and address the challenge of HR data, the CCPA Sunset Clause, and the differences in privacy rights between the US and EU. She expresses her current concerns about privacy, provides advice to those who don't worry about AI, and highlights the need for AI to work well for everyone to prevent harm. We discuss the limitations of AI with small sample sets and the impact of financial incentives on the future of AI and privacy laws. She acknowledges that security breaches are inevitable and emphasizes the importance of preparation. We also discuss the limitations of facial recognition technology and shares her hopes for the future of Data Privacy.

Debbie Reynolds, "The Data Diva" talks to Nicole Stephensen, Owner, and Partner, of IIS Partners, Australia. We discuss the importance of privacy in the education sector. Stephensen believes that not enough is being done to protect privacy in this area and that privacy professionals must be more involved in shaping policy and practices. Reynolds agrees, and the two discuss ways privacy pros can make a difference. Nicole describes the duty of care concerning children's safety and privacy in school environments. Companies developing technology in schools must be aware of the many levels of consent required. We discuss Data Privacy issues facing businesses today. Nicole’s work includes voluntary roles with the Australian Information Security Association (where she is a Fellow) and she was a founding board member of the Australia and New Zealand region’s first privacy industry membership association (iappANZ, which is now part of the global IAPP). She’s an active member of the Smart Cities Council for Australia and New Zealand (SCCANZ) and has an advisory role with its Center for Data Leadership.

The conversation also covers Nicole's work with the Smart Cities Council for Australia and New Zealand and her advisory role with the Center for Data Leadership. We discuss privacy by design needs to consider human behavior, privacy program culture and management, organizational resistance to privacy and compliance, and the latest privacy developments in Australia and the US national privacy landscape, and privacy requires a proactive strategy, not just reactions, Choice magazine article on facial recognition privacy concerns in Australia over new retail technologies, each change in policy needs to be examined for privacy considerations, 7-11 should be a case study in what not to do, technology and privacy decisions need context and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Brendan Sullivan, CEO at SullivanStrickler LLC. We discuss how he arrived at his current status from his early work on data retrieval, memory, and backup data systems as an Electronics and Telecommunications Engineer, the importance of data backup, and how companies can use this technology to protect themselves from data loss. We also discuss the privacy implications of data backup and how companies need to be aware of the regulations surrounding this area. Brendan Sullivan discusses the legacy data problem, which he says came with Windows and UNIX. He says that companies keep data too long and often don't have a good strategy for dealing with data at the end of their data lifecycle. Sullivan says that the legacy data problem is a huge challenge because companies too often don't have a good strategy for dealing with it. The conversation explores the differences between the old way of managing data and the new way of managing data. The old way of managing data was much more transactional while the new way can be much more efficient. We discuss data in the cloud as a backup, de-duplication, and identifying what needs backup and what needs archiving which are different, what are data sessions, the right to be forgotten vs. the right to deletion in privacy laws, the lack of access to legacy data, obsolete data access, air-gapping, chain of custody, the need for data audit trails in tracking data access, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Jennifer Hamilton, General Counsel, Exterro.In this conversation, we discuss Data Privacy issues facing businesses today. Hamilton discusses her background in technology and how she came to her role at Exterro. The conversation covers the importance of data privacy for businesses, the challenges of implementing data privacy solutions, and the potential benefits of data privacy for businesses. Jennifer discusses the role of privacy in the new world of cybersecurity. She believes that the law is ahead of the technology in some ways, which can be good if it doesn't stifle innovation. She agrees that the challenge for privacy professionals is to find practical, grounded solutions that consider the work's complexities. We discuss her work with different teams for success, over-retention of data as a risky business, business needs to be proactive, understanding how risk can be effectively mitigated, her current concerns in privacy and security, the cyber insurance market reflects increased risk, the importance of risk mitigation, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Bill Pugh, Smart Connections Consulting LLC, Strategy & Technology advisory in digital transformation in IoT, Smart City, Smart Grid, and digital twin technology. We discuss the Internet of Things (IoT), Data Privacy issues, and how digital transformation can help businesses. Pugh stresses the importance of understanding how technology works and how it can be used to benefit businesses. He also talks about his experience with digital transformation and how it has helped him in his work. The conversation discusses the importance of cybersecurity and how it is often misunderstood. We discuss how everyone has a role in cybersecurity, and is a community effort. We also discuss the importance of continued learning in the field. Bill Pugh describes how he got into the Smart City space after working in the wireless and Smart Grid industries. He explains how he saw a gap in the market for city solutions being inundated by device manufacturers. We discuss his straightforward approach to explanations about Cybersecurity and IoT, his approach to solving business problems, his start in engineering, cybersecurity, and IoT, explaining a digital twin in IoT, IoT, and Smart Cities, fusion in Smart Cities, and civil technologies, the disconnect between IoT and IT, the lack of focus on the risk of data retention, privacy and IoT, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Alexandra Ross, Senior Director of Data Protection, Use, and Ethics Counsel at Autodesk. They discuss Ross's career path and roles at Autodesk, the technological, legal, and operational aspects of privacy, how to find privacy advocates within an organization, the importance of proactive brand trust, and Ross's concerns about a potential federal privacy law with private right of action in the US. Ross also discusses the challenges of her multiple roles, the need for proactive privacy approaches, and the importance of gaining experience through research and volunteering. She offers advice for those just starting out in the privacy field and shares her hopes for the future of data privacy.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to David Heinemeier Hansson, Co-owner & Chief Technology Officer of 37signals (Makers of Basecamp + HEY). We discuss the EU's proposed data transfer framework, which is still in draft form. We talk about how the framework will impact businesses and how privacy is a data issue, not a legal issue. David Heinemeier Hansson is a Danish entrepreneur who has been working with the internet since the mid-90s. He is the co-owner of an American software company, and he is currently in Denmark. In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed the NSA's tapping into global internet cables and wholesale data collection. Heinemeier Hansson was horrified by this and wondered what the European reaction would be. The EU has traditionally had a stronger stance on online privacy than the US, and Heinemeier Hansson wanted to see if that would continue in light of this new information. In the wake of the European Court of Justice's ruling that the Privacy Shield agreement between America and Europe was invalid, privacy activists have been scrambling to figure out how to reform the agreement.

We discuss his journey into technology and privacy and his strong stance on the challenges that businesses face trying to do transatlantic data transfers, and businesses were left scrambling by changes in privacy regulations between Safe Harbor and Privacy Shield, legal regulations and technology, the responsibility of regulators and businesses, privacy via encryption, small companies, and data risk, reconciling US and European privacy issues in the short term, attempts to provide clarity to business about data transfers, the expense associated with compliance, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

In episode 112, of “The Data Diva” Talks Provacy Podcast, Debbie Reynolds talks to Richy Glassberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Safeguard Privacy. We discuss his background in ad tech and partnership with Wayne Matus to form SafeGuard Privacy, how data is misused is now subject to more, regulation, the need for standards and regulations, third party data use ans the Data Privacy challenges, differences between digital reality of data uses and law, sophisticated new tools and techniques to enhance Data Privacy, businesses need to figure out how to create benefits for their customers through privacy commitments, the twitter pixel privacy issue for brands, the need to make privacy personal for those responsible for it, technology complexity increasing for organizations, requirements for assessments as part of compliance, brand safety in ad tech and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

This is a MUST LISTEN podcast if you want to have a better understanding of AI and how AI systems work on text, language models and images.

On episode 111 of “The Data Diva” Talks Privacy Podcast, Debbie Reynolds talks to Jim Barnebee, CEO, AIM-E (Artificial Intelligence Made Easy). We discuss our joint work on next generation connected systems with IEEE, his background in programming and development including work with IBM on Watson, bad data in and bad data out, AI does what you program it to do, in depth analysis of input data required for successful language models for AI projects, the need for correct analysis of the problems to be solved by AI, why data can affect AI performance and his hope for Data Privacy and AI in the future.

Here are some of the key AI topics discussed:

- What is a language Ontology?

- Using a Data Graph to query Data sources

- Natural Language Processing (NLP)

- Neural Networks

- Chatbots

- Sentiment Analysis

- Ethical / Unethical AI uses

- Personalization engines

- Social aggregators

- AI mathematical models

- Datasets used to train AI systems

- Human problems with data

- Image recognition algorithms

- General Artificial Intelligence

- Expert systems Artificial Intelligence

- Keyword search vs cognitive search

- The singularity (sentient AI)

- Probabilistic decision making (fuzzy logic)

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Jackie Singh, Former Cyber Threat Expert for the Biden Presidential Campaign. We discuss her background fighting ransomware, in the military and ethical hacking, how she got to the Biden campaign, how the campaign realized they needed her help, the balance between proactive and reactive security, the need for consumers to have control before a problem happens, her current privacy and cybersecurity concerns, safety versus convenience and the assumption that privacy exists, concerns about upcoming quantum computing capabilities, and her hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva,” talks to Brandon Pugh, Senior Fellow & Counsel at R Street Institute. We discuss his background in the New Jersey State Legislature and National Data Privacy, the Military, the FBI, and elected office, why the US can’t simply implement the GDPR and the complicated State and National issues of Data Privacy, the lack of education about this issue, the need for a new agency to address these concerns, the lack of individual human right to privacy, the need for privacy legislation to have bi-partisan support and ADPPA, don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good, California has several privacy advantages and is the standard now, and for the foreseeable future, IoT needs direction and his contribution, EnergyStar as a good but simplistic model for IoT, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Michelle Beyo, CEO Finavator, Open Banking Initiative Canada (OBIC). We discuss the convergence of finance and technology, how she created her own path to leverage her strengths, Open Banking, APIs and data connectors, GDPR and other regulations and human rights in FinTech, Vaporware and unfulfilled promises, the importance of discussion of client’s current needs, her current concerns in privacy and finance, the importance of diversity to privacy, confusion between blockchain and cryptocurrency, technology can reduce friction, and hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Keith Budden, Managing Director at Ensurety. We discuss his podcast and book, “GDPR Made Simple”, the tendency to overstate the complexity of the GDPR, the generally false threat of disgruntled employees and the true nature of insider threats, the correct mindset and fewer errors, the reactionary view of GDPR in the US, actions are needed as well as policies, frustration when advice is ignored, and the need to emphasize it’s the importance and document it, the human side of data privacy training, common sense, and GDPR, over-emphasis on consent, regulations not connected to current reality, UK is between US and EU in terms of privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Peter Counter, Editor in Chief at FindBiometrics & Mobile ID World; Culture and Technology Writer. We discuss his experience as a trade journalist in technology topics, biometrics and the leading edge, simple BIPA compliance, BIPA simplicity and focus on human rights an the individual, problems with data collection and retention, AI needs to be balanced by human guidance, the Privacy, Identity and the Big Game Session of the Travel and Hospitality Biometrics Summit, trust is required for comfort with biometrics, benefits of consent in biometrics, managing the challenge of identity and authentication, biometrics in the workplace and bossware and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Zacharias Voulgaris, Data Science Consultant, Author, and Mentor in Data Science and Data Analytics. We discuss his podcast “Analytics and Privacy” and his book “The Data Path Less Traveled” (Amazon), his fascination with math and programming from an early age and steady progress towards a PhD, the need for recognition of the effect of one’s work in privacy on individuals, 7-11 Australian biometric privacy case and the dangers of innovation, Big Data and the dangers it brings, increased data quality resulting from improved privacy, his current concerns in privacy and data, UK AI accountability proposals, where do data science and Data Privacy intersect and interact, privacy policies and flexibility, clarity minimizes risk and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds “The Data Diva” talks to Vikas Malhotra, Founder and CEO of WOPLLI Technologies, Co-Chair - Trust over IP Foundation’s AI & Metaverse taskforce, and Chair of IEEE’s Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems for an IEEE project called "Cybersecurity for Next Generation Connectivity Systems". We discuss his early career in electronics and system integration, trust and the Internet, human centricity, and our work together with IEEE Cyber Security for Next Generation Connectivity Systems. identity, self-sovereign identity, privacy as an agency, the benefits of privacy to organizations, the cloud has encouraged retention of data, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Cameron Kerry, Former General Counsel and Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce in the Obama Administration, Ann R. & Andrew H. Tisch Distinguished Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Center for Technology & Innovation. At Brookings and the MIT Media Lab, Cameron Kerry is applying his experience as a government thought leader on technology and public policy as a speaker, writer, and researcher on current issues in these areas. His work is focusing especially on privacy and information security and the application of privacy principles to fast-changing global business and technology. We discuss our meeting at the Berkeley Forum and the now mainstream nature of privacy, his unique path in public, private and academic spheres, why privacy is so important for him, surveillance no longer requires human presence, recent developments regarding the Cloud Act and data transfer between the US, the EU, and the UK, 2 streams of thought on surveillance and data transfers, the ADPPA (American Data Privacy Protection Act), California privacy vs. the ADPPA, US Chamber of Commerce objections to ADPPA, his privacy concerns about current technologies, human vs. consumer rights and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.

This episode is a MUST listen for anyone who wants to know what is happening with Data Privacy in the U.S. on a state-federal and International level.

Debbie Reynolds, “The Data Diva” talks to Tom Chavez, CEO, and Co-Founder of Ketch. We discuss Tom, background in data and the reason behind his interest in the Data Privacy problem for businesses, the reason behind forming Ketch, early expectations of the outcome of Data Privacy regulations, the importance of trust by design, the proliferation of DSAR features, the way that Ketch eliminates many traditionally manual steps in implementing Data Privacy, the proliferation of duplication of data, knowledge of where data is and how to deal with data sprawl, the hidden costs of middleware (connectors and API’s), how legacy data can be managed by Ketch, companies need to ask the right questions, the Ketch privacy study about consumer attitudes and buying intent related to Data Privacy, and his hope for Data Privacy in the future.