Serious Privacy

Serious Privacy

Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien

Episodes 293
Avg. Duration 39m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 4.9 (22)
Since Jan 2020
Latest Episode Jun 2026

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Weekly
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Episodic
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90%
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About This Podcast

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. 


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Recent Episodes

S7E20 Simply Irresistable programs (with Ryan Boos)

Jun 10, 2026 36m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Ralph O'Brien and Dr. K Royal, while Paul Breitbarth is out, meet with Ryan Boos of TrustArc. What's on the mic? Simplification of…

S7E19 an Aiyiyi week in privacy with Ralph and K

Jun 03, 2026 36m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Ralph O'Brien and Dr. K Royal, while Paul Breitbarth is out, discuss some reent events, namely graduation speakers, boos, and AI. If you…

S7E18 Around the world in a week in privacy

May 27, 2026 34m Transcript

Send us Fan MailIn this week's episode of a week in privacy, hosts Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien discuss some key movements in privacy, data protection, cyber law, and AI around the world. Dr. K…

S7E17 Governance, Guardrails, and Getting AI Right (with Shoshana Rosenberg)

May 20, 2026 36m Transcript

Send us Fan MailIf ever there was a time to take AI governance seriously, it is now. Luckily, our guest today has written a great book about it. This week on the Serious Privacy podcast, Paul…

S7E16 A confusing week in Privacy with K and Paul!

May 15, 2026 33m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth and and Dr. K Royal, while Ralph O'Brien is out, discuss some fascinating news. Catch what's happening. First up - a…

S7E15 Governing the data world (with Daragh O’Brien)

May 06, 2026 35m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O'Brien connect with Daragh O'Brien of Castlebridge to talk about data governance, the…

S7E14 The GDPR - 10 vs. 8 - it's still great!

Apr 30, 2026 41m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O'Brien celebrated the 10th anniversary of the #GDPR! Yea!! Okay, there is some debate on the…

S7E13 From Man with Love. A conversation with Dr Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya

Apr 23, 2026 40m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the Serious Privacy podcast, where Paul Breitbarth, Dr. K Royal, and Ralph O'Brien meet with Dr. Alexandra Delaney-Bhattacharya, Information Commissioner for the Isle of…

S7E12 Royal Reports from IAPP 26 in DC

Apr 16, 2026 34m Transcript

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Serious Privacy with Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal, we review high points of the IAPP Summit held in Washington DC. K attended in person and…

S7E11 Fudge, DPIAs & Global Domination Plans (with Simon Pillinger)

Apr 08, 2026 38m

Send us Fan MailIn this slightly chaotic (and mildly censored) April Fools’ episode, hosts Paul Breitbarth, Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal welcome Simon Pillinger of Pillinger Privacy, also known as…

S7E10 A global world... of social media addiction?

Apr 01, 2026 30m

Send us Fan MailWe are back again, and why so Serious?We are well into to season 7 of the Serious Privacy podcast, with dr. K Royal, Ralph O'Brien and Paul Breitbarth.  Ahead of IAPP Washington DC,…

S7E9 News and Views - A week of announcements!

Mar 26, 2026 33m

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal, recovery from illness and come back strong with a cool announcement - and…

S7E8 A MONTH in Privacy with R & K

Mar 19, 2026 41m

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Ralph O'Brien, and Dr. K Royal address the hot topics of the month, as we have been so full of guests that…

S7E7 Data Protection: A Labour of Love with James Robson

Mar 11, 2026 43m

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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 data  in Elections and Democratic…

S7E6 It's okay not to be with K. News and Views!

Mar 04, 2026 38m

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the newest episode of the Serious Privacy podcast, where hosts Paul Breitbarth and Ralph O'Brien address the hot topics of the day with news updates across #privacy,…

S7E5 The Agents and the Humans

Feb 25, 2026 37m

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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…

S7E4 Our Sovereign Opinions (Week in Privacy)

Feb 18, 2026 38m Transcript

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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.…

S7E3 DSAR Overload (with Josh Schwartz)

Feb 11, 2026 35m

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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…

S7E2 The Kemp Effect: From Silicon Valley to Privacy Regulator

Feb 04, 2026 37m

Send us Fan MailWelcome 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…

S7E1 Happy Data Protection/Privacy Day!

Jan 28, 2026 35m

Send us Fan MailWe 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…

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