At my event, the Privacy Law Salon, we have a wonderful tradition of showing some of the year’s funniest privacy videos after dinner. I thought I’d share some of the videos I have enjoyed the most, plus some new ones I recently found.
Cookies
In Every time you try and go on a website, British comedian Stevie Martin engages in an absolutely hilarious dialogue with Lola-Rose Maxwell. The pacing of their back-and-forth is perfect.
Passwords
When you forget your passwordis another brilliant video by Stevie Martin. The comedic timing is impeccable.
On May 28, 2021, at 9:30 AM Philippine time (Thursday, May 27 at 8:30 PM Eastern), I will be speaking about “The Myth of the Privacy Paradox” at the Philippines Privacy Week event put on by the Philippines National Privacy Commission (NPC).
My talk will be moderated by Jon Bello, a partner at Medialdea Bello and Suarez Law Offices.
If you’re interested in attending, you can register here.
I had the great opportunity to interview Mahmood Sher-Jan about new developments in data incident response. Mahmood Sher-Jan, CHPC, is the Founder and CEO of RadarFirst, a company dedicated to applying innovation and software technology to address the growing data privacy and security challenges faced by organizations that maintain regulated personal data. He holds patents in incident management, fraud prevention, and secure identity solutions; Mahmood is the inventor of Radar, an award-winning and industry-leading incident response automation platform.
Please check out the conversation I had with Alexandra Ross and Elena Elkina about dark patterns.
A “dark pattern” is a term coined in 2010 by Harry Brignull, who defined it as “a user interface that has been carefully crafted to trick users into doing things, such as buying insurance with their purchase or signing up for recurring bills.” The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) defines a “dark pattern” as “a user interface designed or manipulated with the substantial effect of subverting or impairing user autonomy, decision-making, or choice, as further defined by regulation.”
Elena is a co-founder of Aleada Consulting, a woman and minority owned privacy consulting firm in Silicon Valley which helps clients a wide array of important privacy matters (data mapping, DPIAs, DSARs, compliance with HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR, etc.). Alexandra is Director, Senior Data Protection, Use & Ethics Counsel at Autodesk. She is also the founder of The Privacy Guru.
For more background about dark patterns, please see my recent post for Dark Patterns Reading List and Resources. In this post, I provide a list of useful articles, writings, websites, videos, and other resources on dark patterns.
On this podcast, Info Matters, I chat with Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) of Ontario, Canada about kids and privacy and my children’s book on privacy, THE EYEMONGER.
Episode Summary: Parents, kids, teachers, this one’s for you! Explaining privacy in a way that kids can understand — concepts and tools you can use to start discussing this very important topic from a young age. Conversation with international privacy expert Daniel Solove with highlights from his children’s book The Eyemonger.
If you’re interested in children’s privacy, I created a page of resources about children’s privacy for educators and parents here.
Elena is a a co-founder of Aleada Consulting, a woman and minority owned privacy consulting firm in Silicon Valley which helps clients a wide array of important privacy matters (data mapping, DPIAs, DSARs, compliance with HIPAA, CCPA, GDPR, etc.).
Recently, I spoke with Emma Martins, Data Protection Commissioner at 
