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The Agents and the Humans
25/02/2026 | 37 mins.
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Welcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal address the hot topic of agentic AI and the risks to #privacy, #dataprotection, #security, and #humanrights. We cover the basics as well as human attributes (or not) along with how to take the risks into consideration as a professional.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected]. Rate and Review us!

From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
Our Sovereign Opinions (Week in Privacy)
18/02/2026 | 38 mins.
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Welcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal discuss the privacy and data protection news of the past couple of weeks. This week, Paul rants about digital sovereignty, K discusses new American legislation, especially to protection children's data, and together they also talk about the latest WhatsApp decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected]. Rate and Review us!

From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
DSAR Overload (with Josh Schwartz)
11/02/2026 | 35 mins.
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Welcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal connect with Josh Schwartz of Phaselaw to discuss the increasing use of data subject access rights (DSARs) as a weapon. The resources required to handle such requests can be quite extensive. How do companies keep up? Maybe Josh has some insight.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected]. Rate and Review us!

From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
The Kemp Effect: From Silicon Valley to Privacy Regulator
04/02/2026 | 37 mins.
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Welcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O'Brien meet with Tom Kemp of the California Privacy Protection Agency. We talk about the new DROP system, priorities, history, and coordination with other agencies and lawmakers. Tom was previously on Serious Privacy, before his CPPA days.
If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected]. Rate and Review us!

From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.
Happy Data Protection/Privacy Day!
28/01/2026 | 35 mins.
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We are back! Welcome to season 7 of the Serious Privacy podcast, with dr. K Royal, Ralph O'Brien and Paul Breitbarth. Also this season, we will keep you up to date of developments in the data protection and privacy community, artificial intelligence and some cybersecurity. And of course we'll bring you interviews with great guests!

If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected]. Rate and Review us!

From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

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The PICCASO award winning Podcast, for those who are interested in the hottest field of human rights and laws on the digital frontier. Whether you are a professional who wants to learn more about privacy and privacy laws, data protection, GDPR or cyber law or someone who just finds this fascinating, we have topics for you from data management to cybersecurity, from social justice to data ethics and AI and digital identity protection. In-depth information on serious privacy topics including interviews with privacy leadership, privacy culture, serious discussions, and more. This podcast, hosted by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien, features open, unscripted discussions with global privacy professionals (those kitchen table or back porch conversations) where you hear the opinions and thoughts of those who are on the front lines working on the newest issues in handling personal data. Real information on your schedule - because the world needs serious privacy. Follow us on BlueSky (@seriousprivacy.eu) or LinkedIn

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