Best Penal Reform Podcasts (2025)

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UK raises cookie fines, Norway fines kids' tracking, Finland fines pharmacy for data sharing 9:52

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Send us a text 📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: June 26, 2025 🔹 UK Raises Cookie Fines and Relaxes Some Consent Rules – The UK’s new Data (Use and Access) Act updates cookie consent exemptions and raises PECR penalties to £17.5M or 4% of global revenue. 🔹 Norway Penalizes Non-Consensual Tracking of Minors – The Norwegian DPA fined a public children’s s…

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E. 76: Grace Colbourne part 2 - The Right to Dignified Cancer Care 23:36

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In this powerful episode of Rebel Justice, hosted by The View Magazine, we continue the story of Grace Colbourne, a 37-year-old Antiguan woman and former military officer currently on remand at HMP Bronzefield, a private women’s prison in the UK. Grace is undergoing treatment for breast cancer, but instead of receiving proper medical care, she has …

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E.75: Health, Healing, Hope, and Happiness – The Legacy of Sunny Pringle 24:22

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We at The View were deeply saddened to learn of the untimely passing of a truly heroic justice reformer, Sunny Pringle. Sunny was a fierce advocate for justice and a guiding light for many. Sunny survived a wrongful conviction, leading to 17 years of imprisonment, five of which were spent in solitary confinement under a sentence of death. Sunny and…

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E. 74 Grace Colbourne’s Cancer Story That Should Never Have Happened 21:04

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In Part One of this two-part episode, we hear the devastating testimony of Grace Colbourne — a 37-year-old Antiguan woman and former military officer, currently on remand at HMP Bronzefield. After discovering a lump in her breast, Grace began a months-long ordeal of medical delays, denial of choice, and dehumanising treatment while in custody. Grac…

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E. 73. Zainab Salbi: The Story of Daughters for Earth - When Care becomes Climate Revolution 24:18

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In the second installment of a two-part conversation, Rebel Justice speaks with Zainab Salbi — humanitarian, author, survivor, and founder of Daughters for Earth. What happens when women lead environmental restoration efforts? Zainab Salbi and host Anna Shapiro journey through a radical reimagining of climate action rooted in care, connection, and …

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CIPA Reform Passes Without Retroactive Relief | Cookie Banner and GTM Consent Ruled Unlawful | TikTok Wins Data Delay 12:22

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Send us a text 📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: June 6, 2025 🔹 California tweaks CIPA lawsuits but the retroactive fix is gone The Senate passed SB 690 to limit wiretapping claims tied to adtech by aligning CIPA with the CCPA — but removed the retroactive clause, meaning older lawsuits can still proceed. 🔹 German court says 'Accept & Close' banners are…

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E. 72. Zainab Salbi: War, Womanhood & the Will to Heal 18:37

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In this powerful first installment of a two-part conversation, Rebel Justice speaks with Zainab Salbi — humanitarian, author, survivor, and founder of Women for Women International. From growing up under Saddam Hussein’s regime to building a global movement for women survivors of war, Zainab’s life is a story of resilience, truth-telling, and trans…

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Top Website Privacy Risks & Enforcement Trends in 2025 48:03

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Send us a text In this episode of the Website Privacy Series, Ali Jessani, Counsel at WilmerHale, joins Privado.ai CEO Vaibhav Antil to unpack the biggest privacy risks facing U.S. websites in 2025. From CCPA enforcement in California to biometric settlements in Texas, this session breaks down where companies are getting it wrong and what you can d…

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Meta’s AI Training Faces Legal Pushback, OpenAI Ordered to Retain Chat Logs, Montana tightens privacy law for kids 11:34

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Send us a text 📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: May 22, 2025 🔹 Meta’s AI Training Faces Legal Pushback – Noyb challenges Meta’s use of public posts for AI under “legitimate interests,” citing GDPR violations, lack of transparency, and risks to data subject rights. 🔹 OpenAI Ordered to Retain Chat Logs – A U.S. judge directs OpenAI to preserve all ChatGP…

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61: Andy Worthington plus Pamela Mounter with Wandsworth Quakers on Penal Reform ft Dame Sheila Hancock 1:10:35

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Wandsworth Prison Improvement Campaign prompts the first leg of my conversation with AW this month- the question of the state of our facilities and their vesdtigial values is exercising Wandsworth Quaker spearheaded by Liz Bridge, the former Prison Chaplain and the inveterately skilled actor and now activist Dame Sheila. AW and I move on the shaled…

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60: Cooper and Stevens Monday 12th May 54:57

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This time we consider Wandsworth Quakers' concerns about the state of the local HMP and national policy ( more on this with Dame Sheila Hancock and Andy Worthington next up) , the UK: US Trade Deal , Reform embarking on local governbance and more with a late lunch flavour rather than Breakfasting for the time being.…

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Meta Loses EU Case, Todd Snyder Hit with $345K Fine, UK’s Data Adequacy Gets Extension 10:00

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Send us a text 📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: May 8, 2025 🔹 Meta’s Court Challenge Rejected – The EU’s General Court dismissed Meta’s attempt to annul the EDPB’s 'consent or pay' opinion, stating it lacks binding legal effect. Meta also failed in its claim for compensation. 🔹 Todd Snyder Fined $345K Under CCPA – A broken cookie consent mechanism and …

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The Rise of the Nationwide Injunction and What It Means for the Courts 1:16:49

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In this episode of Reasonably Speaking, ALI President David Levi moderates a timely and incisive discussion on nationwide (or universal) injunctions—court orders that extend relief beyond the parties in a case, often halting federal policy nationwide. Featuring legal scholars William Baude and Samuel Bray, along with Judge Robin Rosenberg and forme…

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DMA Fines Hit Meta & Apple | UK Law Firm Penalized | NOYB Slams GDPR Reform Proposal 12:04

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Send us a text 📢 Privacy Corner Newsletter: April 24, 2025 🔹 EU Fines Meta & Apple Under DMA – The European Commission hits Meta with a €200M fine and Apple with €500M for violating the Digital Markets Act. This challenges the future of “consent-or-pay” models across Europe. 🔹 UK Law Firm Fined Over Ransomware Handling – ICO fines a UK law firm £60…

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59: Lindsay Wesker: The Mistakes I Made and How You can Avoid Making Them 33:36

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Lindsay Wesker has worn all the hats that there are to wear in the music business with irreverent zeal and professionalism - including creating or co-creating major platforms to spread soulfulness and genre-hopping talent -spotting and cajoling . At 65, he has written his fourth book - an autobiography peppered with evocative road stories and hard-…

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58: Easter Monday with Leonie Cooper - Pope Francis, Geopolitics , The Observer 51:23

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The smoke will be going up in a few weeks from the Vatican and from the UK Polls. Leonie reflects on the augurs ahead .By Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

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E. 70. Farah's Fight: 13 months on remand 17:10

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Held on remand for 13 months, Farah Damji's story exposes the brutal reality of how Britain's legal system can become an instrument of violence against women. With no evidence beyond the claims of her former partner, Nigel Gould-Davies, Farah has been denied bail repeatedly despite battling stage three breast cancer and suffering from untreated PTS…

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How Privacy Engineers Deliver ROI | #BridgePrivacySummit 28:14

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Send us a text Privacy engineering is a growing field that requires a blend of regulatory knowledge and technical skills. Privacy engineers are tasked with collaborating across privacy and engineering teams to ensure compliance while maintaining technical excellence. In this panel, experienced privacy engineers share how they built their expertise,…

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57: Thelma Ruby and Susan Cusack- Saving Wimbledon Park 48:07

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Thelma Ruby - Theatrical Doye , ( most recently in the Amy Winehouse biopic), and now Activist- has just turned 100 and yet beat me up the stairs to the spectacular view she has across Wimbledon Park, where Capability Brown's design has been preserved by the All- England tennis Club since it took on the stewardship in 1993, the year that Thelma mov…

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56: Andy Worthington on Mahmud Khalil, British Steel. Wealth Taxation... 54:48

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My monthly catch=up with Investigative Journalist and Campaigner www.andyworthington.co.uk finds us looking at the Khalil case and the moreorless wobbly Oval office decrees, the UK government rescuing British Steel and why, the invasion of London's greenfield- and brownfield- sites prompted by Wimbledon Temnis' designs on nearby heritage ( more on …

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Adtech Privacy Risk: Increasing Regulation and Enforcement | #BridgePrivacySummit 28:03

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Send us a text Privacy fines in adtech are skyrocketing, with regulators targeting non-compliant data sharing between marketers and partners. Many businesses still rely on outdated tracking methods, exposing them to legal and financial risks. This panel shares the latest enforcement trends, the biggest compliance gaps in marketing data practices, a…

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55: Trump's Tariffs begin, (Save) Wimbledon Park, Renting through the roof, By-Election Corner 1:14:33

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This weekend on Riverside Radio I speak at length to centenerian activist Thelma about her role in the mission to save Capability Brown's heritage from the All England Lawn Tennis Association's plans which is going to Judicial Review in July. Here Leonie and Mal sketch in the political background while Graham comments as an architect and non=practi…

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Inteligo Shakes Up Consent Debate | CCPA Walks Back Ad Regulation | UK Develops Murder Forecasting AI 9:26

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: April 10, 2025 🔹 EU Advocate General Backs Conditional Consent – A new opinion from the EU’s top legal advisor says offering a newsletter in exchange for personal data can be lawful, as long as users are informed and the service is genuinely optional. 🔹 CCPA Narrows Scope of ADMT Rules – California’s privac…

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E. 71 Theatre Behind Bars: How Synergy Theatre Project transforms lives 21:38

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Esther Baker is the Creative Director of Synergy Theatre Project, an organisation that uses theatre to transform the lives of prisoners and ex-prisoners across the criminal justice system. Through productions in and out of prison, training programmes, and creative projects, Synergy amplifies the voices of marginalised people in the justice system, …

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54: Corey Booker, 'Liberation Day' Thames Water, Immigration & Gentrification 56:57

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The week when mainstream Democrats got their act together in parallel with Sanders and Ocasio-Cortex drawing the likes of 34,000 in oyblic, and the week when Traiffs on the UK and EU started their run-up. Meanwhile Starmer was at Lancaster House again on the Asylum Seekers/ Small Boats issue and Londoners finf gentrification on the rise again as a …

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53: Reeves' Spring Statement and the Oval Office 1:02:17

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The U.S. Defence Secretary (some of the surrounding intelligensia pictured here) signalling in a supermarket car park, the Senate majority looking a tad wobbly but for the former UN ambassador candidate staying put , and the price of Mexican Blueberries - meanwhile Reeves' Spring Statement wavers under the threat of tarrifs on car manufacture as it…

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E. 69 Do you believe in a fair trial? A testimony from Constance Marten on trial at the Old Bailey 10:48

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The right to a fair trial is the cornerstone of justice, but what happens when the systems designed to facilitate that right undermine it instead? This powerful episode of Rebel Justice takes listeners behind the scenes of Britain's prisoner transport system through the unflinching testimony of Constance Martin, a defendant currently facing retrial…

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52: Musk, Geopolitics, Soho and Blue Note 56:54

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This time, Musk gone rogue , Badenoch launches the local election hustings ever so quietly just as she was underguesstimated by one of her own shadow team, and Blue Note pulls out of a Soho deal due to early doors.By Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

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51: Oval Office Antics, London's Night-Time Economy 1:02:31

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The picture here is of Becky Burke, a student from Yorkshire on a backpacking trip who was picked up by ICE for being somewhere near a removal process of 'illegals'. Her parents are trying to keep track of where and how she is as no doubt is the Consulate. Meanwhile Mohammed Khalil's deportation for organising student protest at Columbia has been b…

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Privacy Corner Newsletter: March 13, 2025 10:51

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Send us a text ▶ UK ICO Investigates TikTok, Reddit & Imgur – The UK’s privacy regulator is investigating TikTok’s content recommendations for minors and Reddit and Imgur’s age verification measures, signaling a crackdown on children’s data protection. ▶ CJEU Clarifies ‘Meaningful Information’ in AI Decisions – The EU’s top court ruled that compani…

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E. 68 Stepping Into Freedom: Soma Devi's Path from Teacher to Holistic Practitioner and Author 21:13

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Soma Devi's journey from teacher to spiritual practitioner and author exemplifies the profound transformation that's possible when we honor our authentic selves. On this episode of Rebel Justice, Maria from The View Magazine speaks with Soma about her debut novella "The White Dove" – a poignant story following a young Sikh girl named Simrat as she …

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50: Andy Worthington on Musk/ Trump, , Starmer, Leveson... 1:06:34

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AW and I discuss the Hayekian overload in the Oval office , whether we are catching cold from their sneezing and why, International Womens' Day viz a viz its themes of Empowerment and the hitherto disempowered victims of the tabloids on whose behalf Hacked Off is seeking to push for 'Leveson 2' under Starmer…

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49: Leonie Cooper, Graham Stevens: '... Fascism doesn't work- Discuss' 55:09

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After some tec resolution ( amid the technocracy) we're back with a deep dive into events in the Orangery since we last met, and some sidebars on Rachel Reeves' budgetary headroom and ecology at the London assemblyBy Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

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From the Trenches: Solving AI Governance Challenges | Bridge Privacy Summit Replay 27:45

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Send us a text As AI and LLMs become deeply embedded in products, privacy leaders must move fast to address privacy, security, and ethical risks. In this episode, industry experts share their hands-on strategies, lessons learned, and best practices for: ✅ Building AI governance frameworks that scale ✅ Managing compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and emergi…

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Bridge Summit Keynote | How product-driven privacy ensures real compliance 49:00

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Send us a text Leading privacy experts discuss why trust-based compliance is no longer enough and how product-driven privacy is the key to scalable compliance. Here's what the Keynote covers: 🔹 Why teams can no longer rely on trust-based privacy mechanisms 🔹 How product privacy management enables evidence-based privacy and compliance at scale 🔹 Les…

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EU clarifies AI Act rules, UK demands iCloud access, and Amazon faces a Washington health data lawsuit. 13:34

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: February 13, 2025 🔹 EU’s AI Act Guidelines Clarify Compliance Risks – The European Commission releases two sets of AI Act guidelines, breaking down the definition of AI systems and outlining nine prohibited AI practices, including emotional manipulation and biometric categorization. 🔹 UK’s Secret Demand for…

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48: Andy Worthington : On the Bricks and Mortar in Geopolitics and Democracy 1:05:23

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The News Review crew will be back soon,. Here's investigative journalist and campaigner Andy Worthington ( www.andyworthington.co.uk) in our monthly conclave on the impulse that drives apparently disparate character as Trump and Ben Houchen, and where that vector has the cards falling for the rest of us.…

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UK Court Ruling on Vulnerable Consent, Google Faces Data Transfer Allegations, NY’s Health Data Law Tightens, and Bridge 2025 sets the stage for global privacy leadership. 13:12

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: Jan 30, 2025 By Robert Bateman and Privado.ai In this edition: ▶ UK Court Ruling: Invalid Consent in Gambling Case A UK gambling firm unlawfully tracked users for marketing, despite their supposed consent. The court ruled that consent must be informed, freely given, and valid, emphasizing the importance of …

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FTC cracks down on privacy breaches, EU AI Act ignites debate, Meta faces record fines, Google questioned for data misuse, OpenAI under global fire. 13:07

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: Jan 16, 2025 In this edition: ▶ European Commission must pay damages for Facebook Login feature violation ▶ Texas sues Allstate under new privacy law for illegal data collection ▶ CJEU rules gender data collection not lawful for personalization under ‘contract’ basis…

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47: Jimmy Carter , Musk and Oldham, 2025 Augurs with Mal 49:13

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Jimmy Carter spent his latter years discoursing from his boondocks pulpit, curing diseases and building houses for the disadvantaged- RIP. Meanwhile Musk, apparently amesiac about Epstein's friendship with Trump, inveighs about still-emergent abusive grooming in the UK to start the political year. Mal and I talk about what this says about the healt…

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Italian DPA fines OpenAI €15 million, CPPA settles with unregistered data brokers, and Google plans to allow fingerprinting via Google Analytics 11:39

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: January 2, 2025 In this edition: ▶ OpenAI faces penalties for GDPR breaches linked to ChatGPT, including transparency failures and inadequate age verification. ▶ California Privacy Protection Agency settles with two more data brokers PayDae and The Data Group fined for failing to register under California’s…

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46: Farage, Spycops and Burnout on the Buses? 1:00:13

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Morning- I'm surfacing after a long day culminating in the excellent Soul Of Women at St Gabriels Pimlico with Fiona Frank, Maggie Lorelli, Caroline Goodwin and old friend Keith Bray . It began with the dawn patrol News Review(Thanks to my regulars including day off Birthday Lady Leonie Cooper AM) - we talked about Farage on the Hunt, the eye-water…

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Irish DPA fines Meta €251 million, Dutch DPA fines Netflix €4.75 million, and French DPA targets non-compliant cookie banners. 8:29

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: December 19, 2024 In this edition: The Irish DPA fines Meta €251 million over a 2018 data breach, the Dutch DPA fines Netflix €4.75 million for transparency failings, and the French DPA cracks down on non-compliant cookie banners. ▶ Irish DPA fines Meta €251 million over 2018 data breach The fine follows a …

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45: Andy Worthington on Syria, Trump, Starmer ... 1:19:31

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Independent Campaigning Journalist www.andyworthington.co.uk (also now on Substack) joins me for our roughly-monthly survey broadly-leftist of world affairs and the intermingled state of London. This was recorded before the announcement of the release of Guantanamo detainee Mohammed Abdul Malik Bajabu.…

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44: Assad, Democracy and its wavering, By-Election Corner, Thames Water.... 1:09:03

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What degree of nationhood will the new Syria achieve? Will the various elements of the hardish right gathering in Europe strengthen themselves or dissemble? How Trumpworld is lurching towards the dais , how the polls are reacting to Starmerism this week and a glance down at the state of the Thames Watee.…

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43: Grimston and Stevens - South Korea to Thames Water, National Rail via the New Year Honours 54:02

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We begin with a pre- martial law prognosis PA by the South Korean PM , consider why John Harris in The Grauniad thinks that the Starmer government (and others)'...Don't speak Human' , consider insolvency vs. nationalisation (remembering 1st time round) and glance at the leaked honours list.By Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

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FTC Targets Sensitive Data Misuse, Australia’s Kids’ Social Media Ban, and Noyb’s New GDPR Powers 11:57

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: Dec 5, 2024 In this edition: The FTC proposes orders targeting sensitive data misuse, Australia bans kids from social media, and noyb gains new powers for collective GDPR actions. ▶ FTC targets sensitive location data misuse in proposed orders: Gravy Analytics and Mobilewalla face sanctions for selling sens…

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42: Cooper , Grimston and Stevens- Storm Bert revisited, Lebanon Ceasefire, Assisted Dying Bill, Transition Towns 1:03:36

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Leonie graciously joined us lurgified in the early mirk fresh from a snowy Norfolk Beach - we gents had been luckier this far. This time, the state of the near shire after Bert, the state of and prospects for Lebanon , what we now know was the eventual passing of the first reading of the Assisted Dying Bill, and the very much alive Transition Towns…

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41: John Prescott, Farmers in Whitehall, G20 and COP 29 1:10:34

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Echoes by way of the legacy of the late John Prescott, with whom Leonie worked as she describes, abound in the weeks' developments around Farming and Environment, Global Warming and GeopoliticsBy Andy Bungay@Chiminea Productions

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Germany's Mass Data Breach Claims, Meta's 'Consent-or-Pay' Ads and New EU Cybersecurity Rules 9:42

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Send us a text Privacy Corner Newsletter: November 21, 2024 ▶ German Court Opens the Door to Mass Data Breach Lawsuits: Germany’s Federal Court rules that "loss of control" over personal data qualifies for damages under GDPR Article 82—no proof of distress or financial loss required. ▶ Meta’s ‘Unskippable Ads’ Solution Gains EDPB Attention Meta lau…