Alexandria Lutz: protecting the elder from a new generation of privacy threats
Alexandria (Lexi) Andresen Lutz is founder of the nonprofit Opt-Inspire, Inc., which is focused on empowering seniors, children, other vulnerable populations, and their caregivers to reduce scams and close the digital divide between generations.In her day job, Lexi serves as Senior Corporate Counsel at a Fortune 500 retail company, where she advises on privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. She currently serves in leadership roles in the American Bar Association and is Chair of the IAPP Boston chapter.References:* SIGN UP NOW for the Masters of Privacy NYC LIVE recording and networking event on Nov 6* Alexandria (Lexi) Lutz on LinkedIn* Opt Inspire* FBI: Internet Crime Report 2024* John Cavanaugh: Privacy as a grassroots movement (Masters of Privacy, June 2024)* Jeff Jockisch: AI-powered phishing attacks in the age of the Delete Act (Masters of Privacy, October 2023). This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe
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Robert Bateman: AI watermarking, recognized legitimate interests and age verification in the UK
Robert Bateman is a Senior Partner at Privacy Partnership, which provides consultancy and training on data protection and AI regulation, as well as legal advice via its associated law firm, Privacy Partnership Law. He also hosts The Privacy Partnership Podcast.This is Robert’s third appearance on the show. We have covered three hot topics:* How far do we take watermarking of AI-generated content under article 50 of the AI Act?* How do pre-defined legitimate interest scenarios work under the UK Data (Use and Access) Act?* What is the tension between the Online Safety Act and the new data protection framework in the UK?References:SIGN UP NOW for the Masters of Privacy NYC LIVE recording and networking event on Nov 6 (if you happen to be in town)* Robert Bateman on LinkedIn* Robert Bateman on Bluesky* The Privacy Partnership Podcast* AI Act (EU Commission’s resources)* Data (Use and Access) Act 2025: data protection and privacy changes* The EU approach to age verification (EU Commission)* EU follows UK with age verification in 2026 (PPC Land)* Wikipedia loses challenge against Online Safety Act verification rules (BBC)* Robert Bateman: the EDPB’s Opinion on auditing subprocessors and the future of Meta’s unskippable ads (Masters of Privacy, Nov 2024)* Robert Bateman: Consent or Pay (Masters of Privacy, Oct 2023) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe
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Newsroom: Summer 2025
It is time for a seasonal update at the intersection of Marketing, Data, Privacy and Technology. We will stick to our usual five blocks: ePrivacy & regulatory updates; MarTech & AdTech; AI, Competition and Digital Markets; PETs and Zero-Party Data; Future of Media.This includes:* CJEU decisions on Latombe (EU-US data transfers have survived, for now) and SRB (relative nature of personal data) * UK legal updates and ICO consultations on ePrivacy-related topics* Record public fines and enforcement actions in California* Ongoing explosion of pixel and cookie-related lawsuits across the US* Important fines in the EU, with CNIL’s unwavering passion for large-scale ePrivacy enforcement* Agentic AI milestones for AdTech and customer centricity/empowerment* Key initiatives to protect copyright holders from large AI labs (together with Anthropic’s settlement)All references and links can be found in a separate blog post available to Masters of Privacy Connect subscribers on our website’s Newsroom section.Our usual disclaimer: the voice that joins me today is a text-to-speech output generated with Eleven Labs. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe
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Daniel Simmons-Marengo: Differential Privacy in practice
How can we apply differential privacy to real-world scenarios? How do you go about algorithmic design? Is there a conflict between data minimization and differential privacy? Can you solve for personal data finding its way into machine learning models? Where can a young professional find resources to dive deeper?References:* Daniel Simmons-Marengo on LinkedIn* OpenDP* Some takeaways from PEPR’24 (USENIX Conference on Privacy Engineering Practice and Respect 2024)* Damien Desfontaines: Differential Privacy in Data Clean Rooms (Masters of Privacy, January 2024)* NIST Guidelines for Evaluating Differential Privacy Guarantees (March 2025)* Peter Craddock: EDPS v SRB, the relative nature of personal data, processors, transparency, impact on MarTech and AdTech (Masters of Privacy, September 2025)* Katharine Jarmul: Demystifying Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Masters of Privacy, October 2023)* Sunny Kang: Machine Learning meets Privacy Enhancing Technologies (Masters of Privacy, February 2023)* How GDPR changes the rules for research (Gabe Maldoff, IAPP blog, 2016) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe
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Peter Craddock: EDPS v SRB, the relative nature of personal data, processors, transparency, impact on MarTech and AdTech
Peter Craddock joins us once again to discuss the recent EDPS v Single Resolution Board decision by the Court of Justice of the EU. Although it builds on the previous Scania and Breyer cases to settle on the “relative” nature of personal data, its practical implications on everything we do in the Marketing Technology and digital advertising spaces cannot be overstated.Peter is a lawyer as well as a software developer. He is based in Brussels, heads the EU Data/Cyber/Tech Law team at Keller & Heckman, and helps international companies with their global data strategy and with EU data litigation.References:* Peter Craddock on LinkedIn* When is data no longer personal? And what are the implications? (Peter Craddock)* EDPS v. SRB (full text of the decision)* Peter Craddock: ePrivacy exceptions, advertising, analytics, the limits of consent and server-side processing (Masters of Privacy, 2024) This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mastersofprivacy.com/subscribe
Interviews and updates at the intersection of marketing, data, privacy, and technology. With an eye on a human-centric, demand-led future in which transparency, control, and personal agency play a crucial role.
Sergio Maldonado (host) is a dual-qualified lawyer, entrepreneur, investor, guest lecturer at various universities. LL.M in IT & Internet Law, FIP, CIPP/E/US, CIPT. www.mastersofprivacy.com