Amy Worley: an overarching framework for AI governance, privacy, and cybersecurity Listen now | Optimizing Privacy, Cybersecurity and AI Governance for Growth

[EN] The Confidence Advantage (Amy Worley) is now available - and we had a great talk about its many insights and practical tools with the author open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #aigovernance #dataprivacy #cybersecurity #US #law

Jorge García Herrero: la AbogacIA ante el precipicio Cortoplacismo e “IA legal”, futuro de los servicios legales, descontrol en los despachos.

[ES] Después de hablar de tanta gobernanza de la #IA resulta que el gremio legal está tan perdido como cualquier otro. Con @jgarciaherrero.bsky.social hemos abordado el problema (IA legal, abogados IA, clientes IA…) de frente.
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Newsroom: Winter 2026 Listen now | WhatsApp v EDPB, OpenClaw, Disney, Reddit, X, TikTok, PlayOn, EU-Brazil, Digital Omnibus, Netflix, Manus, Moltbook, WebMCP

Here’s a summary of everything that we cared about in the now gone winter, including EU, UK, and California fines (Free, Reddit, Disney, PlayOn), key CJEU cases, DMA/DSA enforcement, OpenClaw, Moltbook, Manus and WebMCP.

Just for the record. #Newsroom

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Breakfast workshop: NYC April 2026 An informal chat about the evolution of AI Governance at medium and large law firms

Join us in New York City next month for another breakfast #workshop. Very limited seats, guaranteed fun - and maybe some valuable insights for all.

open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #privacy #martech #adtech #law #AI

John Harman: Ring cameras, Meta glasses, biometrics and AI governance Listen now | How to handle AI-driven innovation in the face of complex regulatory frameworks

[EN] In case anyone missed this, John Harman (NBC Universal) gave us a very good perspective of practical #AI governance measures in the context of recent scandals (Amazon Ring, Meta glasses with face-tagging…).

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[EN] How does Google Consent Mode affect ePrivacy compliance, opt-in signals, traffic sampling, marketing performance, and CIPA claims? We asked Phil Pearce from #Measureminds - and he offered a few extra tools. On your favorite player www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/phil-pearc... #eprivacy #CIPA

Taylor Bloom: Shielding your AdTech and MarTech stack from public and privacy enforcement in California Listen now | The confusing overlap of GPC and opt-in signals, auditing for compliance, enforcement risks.

[EN] it doesn’t get much more practical than this if you want to look at private and public enforcement affecting your #AdTech stack in #California - with Taylor Bloom open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

SACRAMENTO, CA — The California Privacy Protection Agency Board has issued a decision requiring PlayOn Sports to pay a $1.10 million fine and change its practices following a settlement reached by CalPrivacy’s Enforcement Division. See privacy.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…

Adam Greco: the future of Analytics, DXM, composability, and the internet Listen now | Shaping data-powered marketing, product, and customer experience. From Omniture to Hightouch via Adobe and Amplitude.

[EN] Don’t miss the great Adam Greco on the future of #analytics, #CDPs, #CXM and an “agentic” internet - it should help many lawyers understand the business logic behind pixels, cookies, and more open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Elena Gil: menores sin redes sociales y el regreso de las orbes ¿Control de edad para el control de contenidos? Bonus: sistema de recompensas de La Liga

[ES] Elena Gil nos ayudó a entender lo que está pasando con la prohibición de redes sociales para -16 en España, y cómo aterriza de nuevo Tools for Humanity en Europa. Con la última ocurrencia de La Liga de postre. open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI The following is an excerpt from my book ON PRIVACY AND TECHNOLOGY where I summarize my thinking on privacy consent:

Why Consent Is Broken for Privacy and AI
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Anu Bradford: Should the EU do with Meta what the US has done with TikTok? YouTube video by Masters of Privacy

[EN] Anu Bradford has joined us to add a well-needed geopolitical (and international trade) angle to the analysis of EU Digital Policy, cross-border enforcement, and competition concerns. #DMA #DSA #AIAct #GDPR #TikTok #US #China #Meta youtu.be/FBNEr-qCoX0?...

Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna: GDPR changes, AI Act hangover, Russmedia Listen now | The Digital Omnibus in its context, birth defects of the AI Act, South Korea, Russmedia

[EN] @gzf.bsky.social joined us last week to discuss proposed changes to the EU legal framework for #AI and digital services open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #GDPR #AIAct

Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal: la impertinencia del Digital Omnibus, un opt-out para Europa y la broma de “consiente o paga” Ya tenemos la opinión conjunta del EDPB/EDPS - muy alineada con el análisis de hoy

[ES] Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal (EDRi) nos acompañó para revisar por dónde pierde agua el #DigitalOmnibus open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #RGPD #GDPR #ePrivacy #GPC

Sam Kaplan: Cybersecurity in the age of agentic AI, deep fakes, and social engineering Listen now | Can AI agents be deployed for enhanced protection? How is ransomware evolving? Is there hope for smaller companies?

[EN] We had Sam Kaplan from Palo Alto Networks on the show, covering #Cybersecurity concerns in the age of AI Agents open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Masters of Privacy LIVE NYC 2026 Privacy meets MarTech & AdTech (January 14, 2026).

There’s still a few seats available at NYC’s La Nacional for next week’s #LIVE recording session (on universal opt-out signals and #ePrivacy compliance across the US and the EU) with Alan Chapell open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Newsroom Notes: Fall 2025 Further information and references.

[EN] In case you missed them in our last quarterly update, all of the references and notes used in our recording are available in the Newsroom section.
www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/newsroom-n...
Happy End of the Year to all and best wishes for #2026 🙂

Newsroom de otoño de 2025

[ES] Vamos con unos días de retraso en este resumen de noticias del último trimestre del año en castellano. En las secciones de siempre... Feliz Fin de Año :) open.spotify.com/episode/0efk...

Darío López Rincón: tratamiento de datos en videojuegos, sistemas anti-trampa, perfilado y futuro ¿Qué datos puede recabar un videojuego para evitar trampas? ¿Qué roles y bases legales se encadenan?

[ES] ¿Qué datos puede recabar un videojuego para evitar trampas? ¿Es ficticio el conflicto entre la propiedad intelectual y el ejercicio de derechos?¿Qué rol asume la plataforma/hardware frente al editor? Hemos preguntado a Darío López Rincón #gaming #GDPR www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/dario-lope...

Newsroom: Fall 2025 GDPR/CCPA fines keep coming, Meta keeps breaking things, AI market dynamics vs. antitrust concerns, GDPR vs. DSA

[EN] It is time for a seasonal update at the intersection of Marketing, Data, Privacy and Technology. And this is it for us in #2025. Happy Holidays to all :) www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/newsroom-f...

Oliver Patel: How the Digital Omnibus affects the EU AI Act Listen now | Timelines, transparency, AI literacy

[EN] Who hasn’t heard of the #DigitalOmnibus.. but it’s time to dissect it, and we started with the #AI block, with Oliver Patel open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #EU #AIAct

Zino Rost van Tonningen: first-party data in mobile advertising and the role of LLMs in privacy-first marketing Can the growing use of first-party data in mobile app advertising result in more effective, privacy-preserving ads?

[EN] Zino Rost van Tonningen took us through the journey that led #mobile ad platforms to embrace first-party data for “addressability” and LLMs for data minimization open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #privacy #adtech

Stefano Bennati: dealing with privacy threats in generative AI Listen now | How can we handle the unique privacy challenges of GenAI?

[EN] Stefano Bennati joined us a few days ago to discuss privacy risks in #GenAI open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

US ePrivacy compliance, CIPA and VPPA claims for EU lawyers - and dummies Listen now | Basic comparative law (US-EU) on the deployment and maintenance of MarTech solutions across websites and mobile applications

[EN] We had some fun with the special effects here, but the topic was too dense to keep it dry - an intro to CIPA and VPPA claims. Why consent is not a silver bullet and how an Opt-Out system can actually be more respectful + provide stronger protections open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Breakfast workshop: Charlotte A review of recent legal/enforcement updates at the intersection of data privacy and MarTech/AdTech (December 4, 2025).

Time for another breakfast #workshop- Anyone around the #Charlotte area in early December? open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #privacy #law #martech #adtech

Mélissa M'Raidi-Kechichian: Canada’s AI sovereignty, privacy laws, and the timing of ethical frameworks Listen now | We review Canada's latest moves in AI policy, and the interplay between industry, geopolitics and the legal framework.

[EN] We revisited 🇨🇦Canada to better understand what’s happening with the planned update to the country’s #AI and #dataprotection laws - with Mélissa Mraidi-Kechichian open.substack.com/pub/masterso...

Adv Dirontsho Mohale: understanding South Africa’s POPIA, the protection of juristic persons, and pan-African data flows Listen now | How are privacy laws evolving across the various African regions?

[EN] Did you know that South Africa’s personal data protection law grants rights to legal entities? We went through it with Adv Dirontsho Mohale open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #privacy #law

Catalina Betancourt: menores, tecnología, sociedad, plataformas y verificación de edad ¿Contamos ya con una protección efectiva de los menores online? ¿Qué rol tiene cada cual en la tarea?

[ES] ¿Cómo repartimos responsabilidades en la gestión del acceso de los menores a servicios digitales? Nos acompaña Catalina Betancourt open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #DSA #RGPD

John Pavolotsky: California's privacy and AI legislative spree (October 2025) Listen now | A first look at AB 566, SB 361, SB 53, AB 1043, AB 656, AB 853, and SB 243

[EN] Did someone fix the coffee machines in Sacramento? The past few days have witnessed a tsunami of new #privacy and #AI laws in #California.
All of it covered here in our second update with John Pavolotsky, a partner at Stoel Rives in San Francisco.
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Pádraig O’Leary (TrustWorks): the role of context, built-in know-how, and AI in Privacy Tech YouTube video by Masters of Privacy

[EN] Can we escape never-ending assessments as a core activity of a privacy management program? Does built-in know-how become the most crucial moat? We asked Pádraig O’Leary, co-founder and CEO at #TrustWorks, in a new installment of our #PrivacyTech series.
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