Our latest episode is out now, featuring a conversation of our host trio with @daraghobrien.bsky.social @castlebridgechief.bsky.social on data governance and DSARs. Listen now, wherever you get your #podcasts. www.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

Volgens het oude recept. In november 2025 werd de overname bekend. Toen was het te vroeg iets te doen. Dus deed men niets. En nu zeggen ze dat het te laat is om nog iets te doen. Klassieke truc die al in Yes Minister aangeraden werd.

De PVV heeft de eigen asielnoodmaatregelenwet zelf om zeep geholpen. Eerst door via een destructief amendement (en zonder debat) de strafbaarstelling illegaliteit te willen doordrukken, en vervolgens door tegen de novelle om de gevolgen van het amendement te corrigeren weg te stemmen.

Nee, inhumaan en onrechtstatelijk beleid is van tafel. ‘Strenger beleid’ is niets meer dan VVD-spin. Het verwerpen van deze asielwetten is een terechte correctie op asociale en mensonwaardige plannen van dit VVD-kabinet.

🔥 This court ruling is historical! Not only does it ban LGBTI discrimination, but for the first time it issues a ruling based on Art 2 of the Treaties, that lays down the values on which the European Union is based. A big step for the European Union as a community of values

»Die Welt wird nicht bedroht von den Menschen, die böse sind, sondern von denen, die das Böse zulassen.« Albert Einstein, gestorben am 18. April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey

Anthropic has been scrambling to prevent unauthorised copies of its code circulating online being used to improve rivals' AI models. That's quite the irony, given its own use of pirated books to train its own early models. I dug into it for @techpolicypress.bsky.social:

Former Jersey assistant minister responsible for data protection will not return after the elections on 7 June. jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2026/04...

Dat Wilders en consorten alleen uitzijn op chaos, kan geen verrassing meer zijn. Dit is hun bestaansrecht. Dat andere partijen, als de VVD en het CDA, zich elke keer laten verleiden tot dezelfde retoriek en beleid is het echte probleem. Het zal nooit genoeg voor ze zijn. Weg met deze wetten.

Benieuwd wanneer Nederland met deze technologie aan de slag gaat @stasdigi.bsky.social!

It seems the Hungarian opposition has done it! Decisions are made by those who show up, and the Hungarians showed up in force. 🇭🇺 (via @theguardian.com)

This week, @heartofprivacy.bsky.social @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu and @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu discuss with Simon Pillinger how humour, healthcare, and hard-won experience shape a career in data protection. #PoweredByTrustArc seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

Happy Easter! 🐣

Den Haag krijgt zijn eigen "Petronas Towers" op de Bellevue-locatie naast het centraal station. Wat een gave ontwerpen. Heel benieuwd welke er uiteindelijk gekozen wordt... architectenweb.nl/nieuws/artik...

REINBO Consulting Ltd rebrands as Serious Privacy Ltd and announces brand partnership with the Serious Privacy Podcast @seriousprivacy.eu #DataProtection #Privacy www.seriousprivacy.co.uk

Hungary charges journalist who revealed minister was in touch with Moscow www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

A Dutch court has ruled Grok must stop generating non-consensual undressing images of Dutch residents worldwide and child sexual abuse material in the Netherlands, with €100,000-a-day fines for non-compliance, reports Ramsha Jahangir.

President Trump has long fixated on mail-in-voting to bolster his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. But he recently used the method in a Florida special election.

PVV-Kamerlid Bosma noemt Trouw 'linkse kutkrant'. Kamervoorzitter Van Campen weigert te normeren en doet niets. Hier een dringende oproep van onze hoofdredactie aan Van Campen: trek een grens. 'Niet om Trouw te beschermen, maar omwille van het democratisch proces, dat hij te beschermen heeft'

Homeward bound. Thanks Ireland ☘️, it’s been a blast!

Good news! EU Council decided to amend EU electoral law to support new rules proposed by @europarl.europa.eu to allow proxy voting in plenary sessions for MEPs during pregnancy & after childbirth. An important step forward for women MEPs & a powerful signal to women thinking of running for office.

Shabbat duurde tot zaterdagavond (uur of zeven). En zondag heeft de schooldirecteur dus een uitnodiging ontvangen voor een persoonlijk gesprek met de premier en de minister van Justitie op maandag. Je moet héél onwelwillend zijn om te zeggen dat Jetten er dan niet 'bovenop' zit.

Een zeer terechte oproep van Eve de Jong. Een gekozen naam beschermt bovendien haar privacy, wat zeker bij gevoelige beroepen van belang is. www.volkskrant.nl/columns-opin...

The thing that's unusual--even in tech--about Palantir is that it was born evil. Like it was founded by evil people to do evil things, very explicitly. Gave it a special "we do evil things" name, put together a founding team that was on board with the "do evil" program. They didn't back into it.

there’s not many leaders who make Macron look old (Macron is 48, Jetten 38)

Germany’s data privacy authority has warned it can't properly protect citizens from surveillance by the country's intelligence services, right as Germany is moving to fortify its intelligence agency with sweeping new powers.

Q1 2026.

Positiivsed uudised Euroopa Kohtust. Selle kaasuse lõpptulem võib oluliselt mõjutada meie praegust võitlust pangapettustega. Saab näha kas ja, mis ulatuses kohus nõustub/või ei nõustu kohtujuristi seisukohaga.

At this point expressing support for Spain equals standing up for Europe.

Our newest episode is out now, wherever you get your podcasts. This week, @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu and @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu discuss the week in privacy and the letter soup that comes with it… #podcast #PoweredByTrustArc seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

Are the agents taking over? This week on the podcast, @heartofprivacy.bsky.social, @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu and @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu discuss agentic AI. Listen now, wherever you get your podcasts. seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

@loesjevdposters.bsky.social maakte deze rake poster.

This week, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu rants about digital sovereignty, @heartofprivacy.bsky.social discusses new American legislation, together they also talk about the latest WhatsApp decision from the Court of Justice of the European Union. seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

Als ik dit zo lees, lijkt het er op dat Odido voor de medewerkers geen multifactor authenticatie aan had/heeft staan. Of lees ik dat verkeerd @schellevis.net? nos.nl/artikel/2602...

Here's a hidden secret of doorbell cameras, as revealed by Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping. They're recording even when you don't know it, and sending video to company servers even when you don't pay

Our new episode is now available wherever you get your podcasts. This week, @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu @heartofprivacy.bsky.social and @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu talk with Josh Schwartz about individual rights and how to deal with them. seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/episo...

Last year, I visited the Stonewall Monument in NYC, which tells the story of the LGBTQ movement and the 1969 riot. A memorial to remind everyone that anyone deserves a right to love who they want to. Interfering with such a monument shows there's a long way to go! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...

Before requiring more data, @discord.com should first make sure to get their data security and breach approach in order. Still waiting for a breach notification, despite the fact that it is clear from the amount of sudden spam that Discord leaked my (dedicated) email address.

Well, if you don't start trying, you are certain you won't succeed. Leaving U.S. Tech certainly isn't for tomorrow, but digital autonomy shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. Happy to see the incoming Dutch government will actually make work of this. www.politico.eu/article/eu-c...

Full-day masterclass at the Data Leaders’ Summit with @castlebridge-chief.bsky.social: Designing Resilient Human-Centric Governance of Data & AI -moving beyond compliance to governance that adapts under pressure. 📅 19 March | Wexford 🎫 dataleadersummit.ie/master-class-schedule-2026/

“Mega-opvang” Waarom niet gewoon een neutrale kop @omroepwest.nl, in plaats van meegaan in het frame van de tegenstanders? Asielopvang is al zo’n gespannen onderwerp in de samenleving…

Great to catch up with @tomkemp00.bsky.social on the @seriousprivacy.eu podcast this week. What is happening in California - the leader for U.S. state level data protection?

Ik was al onder de indruk van Rianne Letschert als bestuurder van “mijn” universiteit, maar na deze (in)formatie nog veel meer.

A proposed constitutional amendment adding a right to privacy introduced in Wisconsin: www.channel3000.com/news/wiscons... Interested in state constitutional rights to privacy? I recommend Tiffany Li's excellent article from last fall: georgialawreview.org/wp-content/u...

It's good to be back, even though I can hardly believe we are already in season 7. That said: start listening! And please subscribe to the pod, so you don't miss any future episodes.

The interoperability of email is very similar to the existence of libraries in that it would be considered a utopian dream if we didn't already have it

It appears that Brazil has received an adequacy decision from the European Commission. The EU-Brazil mutual adequacy framework enables the safe and free flow of personal data, benefiting 670 million consumers in both regions.

We designated today WhatsApp as Very Large Online Platform under the #DigitalServicesAct, as its ‘Channels’ feature reaches the designation threshold of at least 45 million users in the EU. Learn more: link.europa.eu/YCP7VK #DSA