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Paul Breitbarth and Dr. K Royal Season 5 Episode 28

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On this week of Serious Privacy, Paul Breitbarth of Catawiki and Dr. K Royal discuss recent developments in privacy and data protection laws across various regions, including legislative updates in Latin America, the Middle East, Israel, Malaysia, and the U.S. They also highlight enforcement actions in Texas against General Motors and tracking, privacy concerns around AI chatbots in Europe, and data breaches involving the Danish family court. The script includes a personal segment where K shares about privacy measures taken for abused women and children due to the generosity of John Shufeldt and NextCare Urgent Care. Further, they delve into ethical and legal issues surrounding AI, cyberattacks on the Polish anti-doping agency, and fake news on social media platforms. The episode wraps up with a discussion on youth privacy perceptions and a brief look at a class action lawsuit against Stability AI and Mid Journey for copyright violations. K also shares a book she participated in written by Adrienne Go and Olga Mack Product Counsel: Advise, Innovate, and Inspire.

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From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende, licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.

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