K Royal is a nurse turned attorney who also has a PhD in public affairs. This, in combination with her background, provides her a unique foundation from which to approach global privacy and cybersecurity law. Having been in privacy for years before it became a recognized career field - she has a wealth of experience and a rich professional perspective. 

K has served as a consultant and advisor to many companies - from Fortune 50 to tech start-ups and she has served on the board of directors for quite a few non-profits. She is currently the Global Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy General Counsel for a global claims processor and teaches at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Although she is a licensed attorney, nothing she says on the podcast should be taken as legal advice and everything she says is from her and does not represent the views of her employer. 

Paul Breitbarth is a data protection lawyer from the Netherlands. He currently works as Data Protection Lead for Catawiki, Europe’s leading online platform for special objects. In addition, Paul is Senior Visiting Fellow at Maastricht University’s European Centre on Privacy and Cybersecurity, and serves as Member of the Data Protection Board of the European Patent Office. 

Previously, Paul worked both in the public and private sector in multiple privacy roles, including at TrustArc, Nymity and the Dutch Data Protection Authority. He was an active member of various Article 29 Working Party subgroups, co-authoring opinions on the data protection reform, surveillance, the Privacy Shield and others. In 2015, he organized the International Privacy Conference in Amsterdam. 

Paul holds a Master of Laws from Maastricht University in the Netherlands.