Practical Privacy is a podcast for privacy professionals who want to understand how privacy and AI governance work in the real world.
Hosted by Orla Dormer, the series brings together experienced practitioners to discuss common operational challenges, from scaling GDPR programs and answering data questions internally, to navigating AI governance and legacy tooling constraints.
Each episode focuses on practical lessons, honest reflections, and what teams wish they had known earlier. This podcast is designed as a reference for privacy leaders looking to improve how privacy actually operates inside organisations.
Incident reporting isn't a tick-box exercise | Dave Evans
GDPR, NIS2, DORA, US state laws and now AI incidents. How do you build one incident management model that keeps up with all of them?
In this episode, Orla Dormer welcomes back her first ever guest, Dave Evans, Group DPO at Ultradome, to talk about centralising incident management across regulations and jurisdictions. Dave explains why his team moved to a user-friendly collection form, why a "four-eye" review is essential, and where AI can help with the analysis without replacing human judgement.
The conversation also covers turning incident data into KPIs, training and dashboards, and why rising report volumes can signal a maturing privacy culture.
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🟡 TrustWorks reduces operational drag through context-aware operations that align compliance with how the business actually works. Learn more at https://www.trustworks.io/ (https://www.trustworks.io/)
13 Oct 2026
Privacy teams are the business, not an add-on | Delizia Diaz
"Can we just get a quick privacy check before we go live next week?" Getting genuine engagement from the business is one of the most persistent challenges in privacy.
In this episode, Orla Dormer speaks with Delizia Diaz, Senior Privacy Counsel and external consultant to companies including McLaren Automotive and FDJ United, about moving from reactive to proactive privacy. Delizia explains why fear-based messaging and going it alone don't work, how to build allies with the CISO and Chief Data Officer, and why privacy teams need to market themselves as business enablers.
The conversation also covers aligning privacy maturity with leadership and strategy, and why small teams have to prioritise ruthlessly.
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🟡 TrustWorks reduces operational drag through context-aware operations that align compliance with how the business actually works. Learn more at https://www.trustworks.io/ (https://www.trustworks.io/)
22 Sept 2026
Why Privacy Can't Just Be a Compliance Checkbox | Vicky Owens
Too many stakeholders treat data privacy as a regulatory checkbox — tick it, forget it, move on.
Orla Dormer talks with Vicky Owens, Data and Digital Senior Counsel at SkyShowtime, about why that mindset fails and how to fix it. Vicky shares why the classic "fines and reputational risk" pitch often doesn't land, and how reframing privacy around return on investment — better data, monetisation, competitive edge — changes the conversation. She also shares a real example: how spotting a spike in incidents among contractors led to a training fix that cut incidents by 45%.
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🟡 TrustWorks reduces operational drag through context-aware operations that align compliance with how the business actually works. Learn more at https://www.trustworks.io/ (https://www.trustworks.io/)
📌 Subscribe for more real-world conversations on privacy operations, AI governance, and scaling compliance without the noise.
🟡 TrustWorks reduces operational drag through context-aware operations that align compliance with how the business actually works. Learn more at https://www.trustworks.io/ (https://www.trustworks.io/)
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