We get it. You're busy. It's possible you didn't have time to catch all of The Privacy Advisor Podcasts this last month. Don't worry. We've got them assembled here for your listening pleasure, starting with the most recent.

April 13, 2018
The Privacy Advisor Podcast: Robocalls, a series

Robocalls. We've all gotten them. Consumers in the U.S. received approximately 2.5 billion robocalls per month last year. It's the number one complaint the Federal Communications Commission hears, and it's their number one enforcement priority right now. Sometimes, the calls are even scary, claiming you'll be arrested or taken to court if you don't respond immediately. But who are these people making robocalls? Why is it an on-the-rise crime? And if regulatory agencies are struggling to find a fix to the problem, who will? This podcast is the first in a series on robocalls for The Privacy Advisor Podcast, in which we look at the problem in the U.S. and abroad and examine what's being done to stop them.

March 29, 2018
Matthiesen on why online advertising will survive this massive legal shift

The ad tech industry is facing a crisis of sorts, depending on whom you ask. The big deal is that the GDPR, and the ePrivacy Regulation to follow, place importance on transparency and user consent. And to date, those are two things the ad tech industry has been sort of lucky enough to be able to run on without a whole lot of. We’re being tracked by so many parties online — and none of us is really aware of by whom and how these entities have our data in order to track us. There are a lot of deals made between first parties and third parties on access to our data and the ability to then serve us targeted ads. It’s one of those things like health insurance that feels too overwhelming to try to understand. But really, this is the backbone of online commerce, so it is super important for us to understand. In this episode of The Privacy Advisor Podcast, Matthias Matthiesen, CIPP/E, who heads the Interactive Advertising Bureau's privacy and public policy in Brussels, describes the problems at hand and IAB’s proposed solutions — solutions not everyone agrees with.  

March 16, 2018
Podcast: A journalist's view from the EU

Jennifer Baker makes a career out of knowing the nuances of data protection and data privacy. But she's not advising clients or writing privacy policies. Rather, as a freelance journalist, she is reporting on the developments that often guide the decision-making of those who do. Baker has spent years developing sources inside European institutions and businesses, and, in this episode of The Privacy Advisor Podcast, host Angelique Carson, CIPP/US, talks with Baker about reporting on the privacy beat from Brussels.

March 2, 2018
The Privacy Advisor Podcast: Johnny Ryan on the continuing crisis ad tech faces

You may have heard Johnny Ryan on this podcast before. Last year, he came on to talk about the ad tech industry and what needs to happen for it to thrive under the General Data Protection Regulation. Ryan says, while there's some movement in the direction he thinks will best serve the industry — namely, advertising without collecting any personal data online at all, there isn't enough. He's worried that if ad tech companies don't transition, and fast, the economic impact will be something akin to the financial meltdown the U.S. faced a few years back. In this episode, Ryan discusses what he believes needs to change, and how, for the industry to save itself.