Masters of Privacy

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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YouTube video by Masters of Privacy Anu Bradford: Should the EU do with Meta what the US has done with TikTok?

[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.
www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/john-pavol...

YouTube video by Masters of Privacy Pádraig O’Leary (TrustWorks): the role of context, built-in know-how, and AI in Privacy Tech

[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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FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION: The Great Scrape: The Clash Between Scraping and Privacy, 113 California L Rev 1521 (2025) with Prof Woodrow Hartzog @hartzog.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Alba Carrasco: ¿Es una quimera la publicidad contextual? ¿Dónde termina el contexto y empieza el perfil?

[ES] ¿Sabemos definir con precisión a qué nos referimos con publicidad programática #contextual, o estamos buscando el Santo Grial? Nos ha ayudado a entender la realidad Alba Carrasco, abogada experta en #AdTech www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/alba-carra... #RGPD

Alexandria Lutz: protecting the elder from a new generation of privacy threats Listen now | The mission to promote safer digital habits as a means to prevent privacy-related harms - and scams targeting seniors.

[EN] AI-powered online scams are out of control, and spreading personal data does not help. We discovered #optinspire with Lexi Lutz, pro bono work that helps seniors navigate the challenge open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #US #security

EU-US Data Privacy Framework Cheat Sheet This month’s EU General Court ruling on Latombe v. Commission calls for an update to our EU-US Data Privacy Framework cheat sheet.

This month’s EU General Court ruling on #Latombe v. Commission calls for an update to our EU-US Data Privacy Framework #cheatsheet. www.mastersofprivacy.com/p/eu-us-data... - also, we covered it with Gloria González Fuster on the ES channel. #GDPR #DPF #EU-USA

Gloria González Fuster: ¿Qué se le escapó a Latombe?

[ES] Repasamos con @ggf.bsky.social la sentencia del TGUE en el caso #Latombe vs Comisión Europea relativa al Data Privacy Framework (y la decisión de adecuación derivada) para transferencias de datos UE-EEUU open.spotify.com/episode/03Hb... #GDPR

From wiretapping and video rentals to website pixels, SDKs, and APIs: CIPA/VPPA litigation Cheat Sheet Litigation strategies, and how these actions affect the broader MarTech landscape

A few practical charts for #CIPA and VPPA litigation involving pixels, cookies, etc. open.substack.com/pub/masterso... #US #privacy #Martech #Adtech

[EN] We asked @robertjbateman.bsky.social to help us deal with three questions: What do we do about watermarking of #AI-generated content? How do pre-defined legitimate interest scenarios work under the UK DUAA? What will happen with age verification after the #OSA? open.spotify.com/episode/0BiQ...

Newsroom de verano de 2025 Decisiones clave en el TJUE, multas, más automatización y un nuevo marco legal en Reino Unido.

[ES] Ahí va la batida de noticias de siempre en castellano. TJUE, Reino Unido, cambios en plataformas publicitarias, IA y copyright... y juicios fuera de control en EEUU para quien le interese. #RGPD #ePrivacy
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Newsroom: Summer 2025 Listen now | Major CJEU decisions, enforcement sweeps, California lawsuits, new UK framework

[EN] If you think you missed something this summer, try our 21-min update at the intersection of #marketing, data, #privacy, and technology. With a touch of Empowerment Tech, of course.
mastersofprivacy.substack.com/p/newsroom-s... #podcast

Daniel Simmons-Marengo: Differential Privacy in practice Listen now | How can we apply Differential Privacy to real-world scenarios?

Another deep dive into #DifferentialPrivacy - #HIPAA #GDPR #PrivacyEngineering #PEPR open.substack.com/pub/masterso...