Serious Privacy
Hosted by Ralph O'Brien and Paul Breitbarth and Dr K Royal and K Royal · Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien
4.5from 46 ratings
- 308
- Episodes
- 99
- Transcribed
- 46
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Serious Privacy
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 (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kroyal/), Paul Breitbarth (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbreitbarth/) and Ralph O'Brien (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphobrien/), 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 (http://seriousprivacy.eu)) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/seriousprivacy/)
- Publisher
- Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien
- Category
- business · news · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 28 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
99 of 308 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026
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30 Sept 2026
A week in privacy - Themes not Dreams
23 Sept 2026
A Solo Cup of Privacy
Inside a recent episode
When Paul's away - A week in Privacy with Ralph and K!
Published 9 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I will say the guy who created the standard for passwords of changing it every 90 days, having a capital and a lowercase and a special character and a number. He came out about seven years ago, five to seven years ago and apologized to the world. And I know I've shared that on the podcast before, but he apologized because it really does nothing. It doesn't help. It's not the most secure way of doing it. And what he said was the most secure way is the way that you see very sophisticated security teams at very mature and sophisticated companies say, use four random words because there's no logic to four random words. […]
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- Phil Laird
- Dom Smith
- Carly Kind
- Fey O'Brien
- James Robson
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 23 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.3 / 5
- 23 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- 81
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 98
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Who hosts Serious Privacy?
Ralph O'Brien and Paul Breitbarth and Dr K Royal and K Royal host the show. Published by Dr. K Royal, Paul Breitbarth & Ralph O'Brien.
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Does Serious Privacy take guests?
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