Data Privacy Detective

Episode 188 — Privacy and the Big Apple: Cities and Chief Privacy Officers/CPOs

Join New York City's Chief Privacy Officer, Mike Fitzpatrick. Explore the role of a city's CPO. Cities must balance the interests of personal privacy and municipal operations, while complying with open records and other federal and state laws. Municipalities collect, use, and share vast databases of personally identifiable information (PII). They use PII to deter crime, advance public safety, and serve public health and other needs. Like everyone, cities can be cyber attack targets and victims of data breaches. Consider how one city's CPO promotes a culture that embraces and protects personal privacy while preserving the essential missions of municipal government and decreasing cyber risks. Hear the current challenges facing a city's CPO. Learn how a CPO can advance responsible data sharing, create a culture of privacy protection, and help a municipal government instill responsible, equitable data practices across its agencies. Check out the Big Apple's Citywide Privacy Protection Policies and Protocols, issued in February 2023. https://www.nyc.gov/assets/oti/downloads/pdf/citywide-privacy-protection-policies-protocols.pd [https://www.nyc.gov/assets/oti/downloads/pdf/citywide-privacy-protection-policies-protocols.pdf], and watch for an upcoming update in early 2025. This episode is also available in a five-minute video version on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EI7bSOYwqXI [https://youtu.be/EI7bSOYwqXI] Time stamps:1:13 — What does a Chief Privacy Officer do?4:00 — What challenges does a Chief Privacy Officer of a big city face?7:17 — How does a CPO handle equity in data management?10:34 — Are more cities in addition to New York appointing Chief Privacy Officers? 12:43 — How does a CPO measure success?14:22 — What tips does Mike have for other cities as they evaluate their data policies? The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg [https://apple.co/3IrHUTg]), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k [https://bit.ly/49XRU2k]), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw [https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw]). Subscribe to the show on YouTube for a new video every week! https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective [https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective]

Episode 187 — 2025 Resolution: Make it the Year of the Passkey

The Data Privacy Detective returns from a short sabbatical to recommend a New Year's Resolution for 2025 - make this the Year of the Passkey. Data privacy best practice moved from passwords to multi-factor authentication. But this has not stopped the increasing online theft of assets and identities. Password-based technology is failing to stem financial and other losses that increase each year. Passkeys are on the rise. A passkey is a form of authentication technology that simplifies our online experience and increases online safety. This Episode explores why passkeys constitute best practices in 2025, while saving time in connecting with websites of our choice. Consider this great migration and why it's worth spending time now to use passkeys. For those in the Google and Microsoft worlds, explore how these tech giants are making it easy and essential for users to join this shift in how we protect our online data privacy. Here are helpful links: https://www.google.com/account/about/passkeys/ [https://www.google.com/account/about/passkeys/] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/signing-in-with-a-passkey-09a49a86-ca47-406c-8acc-ed0e3c852c6d [https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/account-billing/signing-in-with-a-passkey-09a49a86-ca47-406c-8acc-ed0e3c852c6d] Happy new year 2025! The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg [https://apple.co/3IrHUTg]), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k [https://bit.ly/49XRU2k]), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw [https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw]). Subscribe to the show on YouTube for a new video every week! https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective [https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective]

Episode 186 — Data Privacy and Credit Bureaus: How false data and algorithms hurt people

The United States has three major credit bureaus - Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion. How they score individuals has a major impact on their lives. Credit scores can raise interest rates to double what an excellent rating would produce and can result in inability to borrow or have a credit card. How the credit rating system works is hidden to most people. The Detective turns his spyglass to how the big three credit bureaus use false data, employ algorithms that inaccurately report credit risk, and invade personal privacy without consent. Using a real time example, Episode 186 explores how incorrect information is used by a credit bureau and how its algorithm and data sets wrongly assess a person's financial circumstances and report a false picture of the individual. This results in more than increased interest on loans. It creates a false profile of a person and exposes the individual to a misuse of private information that invades personal privacy without a person's consent or advance knowledge. Learn the inner workings of credit reporting and what individuals can do to protect their personal privacy and correct erroneous information spread by credit bureaus. The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg [https://apple.co/3IrHUTg]), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k [https://bit.ly/49XRU2k]), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw [https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw]). Subscribe to the show on YouTube for a new video every week! https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective [https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective]

Episode 185 — Data privacy and law firms: How secure is confidential information shared with attorneys?

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. For our personal data this Halloween, will it be trick or treat? In Episode 185, we explore one of the most private of all U.S. organizations - the law firm - to assess the security of private personal information. The American Bar Association reports that a quarter of all law firms have been the victim of a data breach and that 40% were not aware that they were attacked. What do insurance companies that serve law firms recommend as best cybersecurity practices? Even if best practices are followed, is the vast amount of private information collected by law firms at risk? The Data Privacy Detective discusses the state of law firm cybersecurity, lists the best practices recommended by a prominent law firm insurer, and challenges whether good practices alone are enough to guard information we assume will be kept securely confidential. The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg [https://apple.co/3IrHUTg]), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k [https://bit.ly/49XRU2k]), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw [https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw]). Subscribe to the show on YouTube for a new video every week! https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective [https://www.youtube.com/@DataPrivacyDetective]

Episode 184 — September 2024 Data Privacy News

Two major data privacy developments from September 2024: a Staff Report from the FTC and California's new statute about brain data. Tune in to Episode as the Data Privacy Detective provides meaning beneath the headlines. Neither of these was front page stuff. But each is more newsworthy than what company was sued for a data breach or whose privacy was invaded by a hacker. Staff reports are seldom covered as news. But the FTC staff report of September 19, 2024 is essential groundwork for regulation to follow soon or guidance for the next Congress that may reach across partisan divide towards more federal data privacy regulation. The key highlights are about how video streaming companies are watching us without having secure privacy controls and how there are inadequate safeguards for minors. California enacted and its Governor signed a new law addressing neural data - unspoken communications from our brains. Neural data joins other sensitive personal information as covered by California's approach to data privacy protection. But how does it do that, and will it succeed in its objective? Watch our 5-minute summary on YouTube or listen to our deeper analysis from your favorite podcast platform. Time stamps: 00:59 — Staff reports 10:46 — California's neural data law The first 155 episodes of Data Privacy Detective can be found on the feed of the Frost Brown Todd Podcast. You can listen on Apple Podcasts (https://apple.co/3IrHUTg), Spotify (https://bit.ly/49XRU2k), or Soundcloud (https://bit.ly/3T8EWrw).