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#79: Stay Frosty – The Massive City of Helsinki Data Breach
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, our experts Hannes Saarinen and Pilvi Alopaeus take a closer look at one of the largest data breaches in Finland, where an attacker g...
#78: Jyri is still annoyed at (or with?) Noyb
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We are back from summer break with a bunch of positive energy (that lasted through about the first two cases). This episode was recorded by Hannes, Jy...
#77: PrivacyPod special: Breaking Down the Latombe decision
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This PrivacyPod special episode was recorded on the very day the Latombe decision (T-553/23) was made, capturing the immediacy and raw analysis of a ...
#76: The one that got us banned from a country we cannot mention
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jyri and Pilvi have been fished out from the pool and summer vacays to discuss privacy–and they desperately try to be optimistic, i...
#75: Joost’s Case Corner – wait…whose sex ad is that?
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Joost’s Case Corner episode Joost, Pilvi and Jyri discuss running and privacy. In fact, the cases on our chopping block today highlights tha...
#74: Joost’s Case Corner – why carrots are orange
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this Joost’s Case Corner episode Joost, Jyri, and Pilvi discuss why Netherlands you should go to Netherlands as well as some of the latest CJEU c...
#73: If you want something different, do it yourself
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Jyri and Pilvi try to overcome their urge to discuss anything else but privacy and just be negative and tired of how the world is goin...
#72 An A-Mousse-Bouche (get it????) of recent EU case law
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Once again, Pilvi and Jyri are joined by the legendary Joost, in another episode of Joost Case Corner and the magic of European Court of Justice (and ...
#71: Sam says: No Deepseek, dont copy that!
02 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s 2025 and the world is a little crazier… and more orange. So the tea is hot in the global privacy scene indeed, and Jyri and Pilvi are totally...
#70: Pound of flesh or pay? Discussion with Filip Sedefov
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is perfect for the holiday season - or maybe you don’t want to think about work stuff during holidays? Oh well, you are very welco...
#69: Joost Case Corner 2/2 (yes, a second one!)
15 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gather around the fire, children, and listen closely: it is time once again to enjoy CJEU case law in the best possible way with Joost’s Case Corner...
#68: Joost’s Case Corner: CJEU Super Friday vol. 1 / 2
16 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tired of keeping up with all the CJEU case law? Want to prepare yourself for all the cool discussions at the IAPP Brussels event? Not to worry! The ...
#67: If you are not paying for the lunch, you are the lunch
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Are you googling me? Stop googling me, Jyri! In this episode Jyri, Pilvi, and Milla take a look at the latest interesting privacy news. The reperto...
#66: The EU's Tech Tangle - Are Regulations Holding Us Back?
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, amazing hosts Milla Keller and Floora Kukorelli sit down with Jussi Mäkinen to discuss the (bright?) future of EU technology regulat...
#65: A Therapy Session for inhouse privacy and the Ultimate Romantic Gesture
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get ready for a super META conversation—no, not about social media, but about who we are and what we really do. Milla and Laura are joined by the pr...
#64: Large Language Models do not store personal data: the LLM discussion paper of Hamburg’s DPA with Dr. Markus Wünschelbaum
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The world of privacy and AI shook and trembled when Hamburg's Data Protection Authority published its edgy discussion paper on Large Language Models (...
#63: From Clearview Controversies to Meta Mishaps: Sweden’s GDPR Wins, and Global Fines
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jyri, Milla, and Pilvi walk you through the latest hottest tea in privacy and data protection. First, we turn our attention to the ...
#62: Very mindful, very demure privacy summer
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
See how we get back to podcasting after the brat summer? Very demure, very mindful. We are not like these other podcasts, we don’t come back for the...
#61: Are you a controller or processor?... Well it’s complicated
23 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Prepare to get your mind blown (and not necessarily in a good way) - in this episode Laura, Floora, Pilvi, Milla and Hannes (what a full house!) discu...
#60: Microtargeting on EU Elections 2024 and the new regulation with Norman Aasma
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Cambridge Analytica, Brexit, Trump, Russian Trolls. Political microtargeting has shaped the world and our society more and longer than we would like t...
#59: Joost’s Case Corner and failed attempts to stop giggling
15 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
“Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! To PrivacyPod Joost’s Case Corner Episode, we are your hosts Milla and Pilvi with Joost Kle… Gerritsen. Thank you so...
#58: Crash Course on Cyber
11 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re so glad to geek out on something a bit different this week, as we welcome Natallia Karniyevich to discuss all things cyber with our hosts Hann...
#57: Cheatin on GDPR and Joost Case Corner
24 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We have good news and bad news. Good news are, we are returning with Joost’s Case Corner, so expect lots of CJEU goodness from this episode. Bad new...
#56: Is your brain a filing system?
20 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Laura and Panu are joined by Otto Lindholm to discuss recent CJEU case related to Finnish transparency laws and disclosing criminal conviction data v...
#55: We dare you to find any privacy from this episode because its EUROVISION special!
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been a heavy spring. So many new things are coming to privacy folk’s way, the world is (literally) shaking, we are killing our one planet, ol...
#54: A Shakespearean Battle About Transparency
30 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend us your ears! We’ve come to discuss if transparency matters, not to bury it. The insufficient privacy decisions ...
#53: ECJ does not get Nordics, TikTok "ban" and AI Act approved
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s about time you fell in love with something that will love you back, and that, our friends, is the crossroad of privacy, government openness, ...
#52: DMA Doomsday
12 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Milla, Pilvi, and Jyri try to save their faces after the Episode #51 meltdown only to discover that they are forever changed by that e...
#51: Who cares about the recitals?!
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We started this episode with so much enthusiasm, positivity, and excitement but we ended up thinking that this is the episode we wish to exercise our ...
#50: In the room where the AI Act happened with Dan Nechita
03 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Take a tight grip on your cups listeners, because today we are spilling the hottest tea of the legal world, a behind the scenes story of the AI Act. W...
#49: How to Comply with Data Subject Requests Before They Sue You
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A new year of PrivacyPod is kicked off with an episode covering the hottest topics and most intriguing privacy news so far! Hosted by Milla and Laura,...
#48: Bot's Got Your Back: Using AI in privacy work
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode Milla discusses with Gabriel Silva from TravelPerk the best practices for using AI to enhance your work as a privacy professi...
#47: Clarifying the Cookie rules, Twenty years too late
25 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on PrivacyPod: EDPB’s guidelines on the infamous cookie article! EDPB published a couple of weeks back guidelines on the technical scope o...
#46: Meta ban: Norwegian DPA taking Meta for a walk, with Tobias Judin
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this awaited and exciting episode Milla and Pilvi are experiencing a true fangirl moment as they welcome Tobias Judin, the Head of International De...
#45: The one with the Legal Gymnastics
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this news episode, Milla and Pilvi jump into the most interesting news (in their opinion at least) of the recent weeks and that takes us to a journ...
#44: Data Act - Your data is someone else’s oil
26 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Hannes and Milla welcome Jussi Leppälä, the of Valmet (a leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and serv...
#43: Consent or money!
15 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Meta is considering a move to cookie-paywall some listeners may know (and already hate) from German newspaper websites. As the legal basis for Meta’...
#42: Privacy M&A Unmasked
29 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, join Pilvi, Hannes, and Floora as they take a deep dive into the world of Mergers and Acquisitions (commonly known as M&A) from a pri...
#41: JCC: Abbreviations confuse elderly millennials as we look into latest CJEU cases
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Joost Case Corner (JCC) is back! As per usual, there’s no way we will cover all of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) goodness in und...
#40: Nordic Cookie Special
03 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week Pilvi and Milla do a deep dive into two recent cookie related rulings from Nordic data protection authorities. First we discuss the Bonnier ...
#39: Algorithmic Transparency at Wolt
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are fangirling over Wolt’s approach to algorithmic transparency. We have Wolt’s public policy manager Ylwa Rein join us for this epis...
#38: Privacy Trampoline is online, Google Analytics, and identity crisis
10 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Milla and Pilvi take a look at the brand new Data Privacy Framework. The discussions include but you bet are not limited to topics su...
#37: Exploring Landmark Privacy Cases with Professor Herke Kranenborg
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of PrivacyPod, Joost and Panu talk to professor Herke Kranenborg who holds a chair in European Data Protection and Privacy Law at Maas...
#36: Meta is not fine with transfers and gets a mega fine plus some finger-licking privacy
07 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Milla, Pilvi, and Panu take a look at the Meta case on the US transfers that ended up costing Meta 1.2 billion euros. We explore the ...
#35: Confused Elderly Millennials Exploring AI
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode Floora, Milla and our guest host Joost discuss how to look at AI through the lenses of privacy and data protection. With so m...
#34: Will the never ending story of ePrivacy finally end?
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of PrivacyPod with Anja Wyrobek, a Legal Policy Advisor and European Parliament, we will dive into lengthy development of ePrivacy Re...
#33: Crossing the Privacy Pond with Odia Kagan
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss everything around U.S. privacy with a special guest, Odia Kagan! Odia is a Partner and Chair of GDPR Compliance and International...
#32: Light at the end of Dark Patterns
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever felt bad about clicking ”decline all” on a cookie consent? Has that button been difficult to find? And if you finally find it, has t...
#31: Unwrapping the Irish DPA’s Meta-rulings with a NOYB-insider
02 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we talk with Romain Robert, a Program Director and a senior lawyer working at NOYB. For the few who might not know, NOYB is a Austrian NGO ...
#30: Joost Case Corner - GDPR just might not rule everything
25 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
And we are back once again with Joosts Case Corner! This time we dive deep into the past, present and future of the Court of Justice of the European U...
#29 The 2022 Quiz and predictions for 2023
20 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We start this year of PrivacyPod with a recap of recaps of year 2022. Milla and Hannes Saarinen (from our Finnish podcast) go head-to-head on a quirky...
#28: Make Risk-Based Approach Great Again with Eduardo Ustaran
25 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There's no such thing as too much talk about Schrems II, right? Tune in for our talk with the absolute expert on this topic, Eduardo Ustaran. We discu...
PrivacyPod #27: Don't Get Your Hopes Up
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Time for another Case Corner with Joost Gerritsen! What's been cooking in the CJEU, you ask? We're here to tell you! In this extra-long episode we dis...
PrivacyPod #26: Press Play to accept these terms
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Milla and Pilvi are pressing play on their inner gamers as today's guest, Jussi Honkasalo, Senior Legal Counsel and DPO at Rovio (the...
PrivacyPod #25: Adtech sense with Peter Hense
29 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the latest developments in ad tech privacy with Peter Hense. Peter is a partner at Spirit Legal, where he specializes in data pri...
PrivacyPod #24: TikTok Knows What You Did Last Summer
24 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're back from our summer break! This week on the podcast we discuss privacy and security issues in in-app browsers. Many apps do some tracking, but ...
PrivacyPod #23: Technology Ethics with Stephanie Hare
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dear listeners - technology is not neutral. That's the premise of the book from our this week's guest, Stephanie Hare. In this episode, Stephanie s...
PrivacyPod #22: Pro-FOMO Strikes Back
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You know what the title means - we have Joost Gerritsen back on board with us! What we intend to be a regular section on the podcast, we delve agai...
PrivacyPod #21: Outrageous!
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode, be prepared to experience moral outrage on so many fronts. We cover the Verisure scandal from Sweden with employees snooping o...
PrivacyPod #20: Hot Takes on Privacy Shield 2.0
29 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have a new data transfer deal between the EU and the US! In principle. What does the announcement of an agreement “in principle” mean, when can...
PrivacyPod #19: Pro-FOMO, with Joost Gerritsen
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the upcoming privacy cases in the highest court of the EU, and have an amazing guest with us for this purpose, Joost Gerritsen! B...
PrivacyPod #18: Talking IAB TCF decision with Panoptykon’s Karolina Iwańska
27 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s guest star is Karolina Iwańska, who works as a lawyer and researcher at Panoptykon Foundation, a Polish NGO fighting for freedom and pr...
PrivacyPod #17: The Perils of Online Tracking with Arnold Roosendaal
02 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss the broader implications of online tracking with Arnold Roosendaal, who works as a director at Privacy Company in the Netherlands...
PrivacyPod #16: First decisions against Google Analytics
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We hope everyone had relaxing holidays, because the year has not started slow in the world of privacy! In this week’s episode we talk about all the ...
PrivacyPod #15: Easy On IAB Transparency and Consent Framework
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New episode out! This week we discuss the much awaited decision from the Dutch data protection authority on the lawfulness of the IAB Transparency and...
PrivacyPod #14: Ransomware Access Memories with Quentyn Taylor
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ransomware is an ever growing issue in the world of cyber security and privacy. More and more organisations face severe repercussions on malicious att...
PrivacyPod #13: Ready Or Not Here the New SCCs Come
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You can sigh in relief, the past week was slower on privacy news front and we did our best to keep it short! We continue the discussion on Facebook Vi...
PrivacyPod #12: Take a Chance on Facebook’s Smart Glasses
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we discuss at length Facebook launching “Ray-Ban Stories” – cool-looking sunglasses, but just slightly on the creepy side when it come...
PrivacyPod #11: I Knew Whatsapp Was Trouble
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we discuss a much awaited decision – Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s first fine against big tech. In an attempt to a...
PrivacyPod #10: Long Live the UK Adequacy?
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
That time of the week again, a new episode of PrivacyPod is out! This week we discuss UK’s confusing messages on their plans to update their privacy...
PrivacyPod #9: Supermassive Annoyance
25 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode we delve deep into a report from the EDPB on data protection authorities’ resources. We look behind the numbers and graphs ...
PrivacyPod #8: NOYB Wants It That Way
18 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The trio is back together after a summer break! Can’t say fresher than ever, but at least we are back. As per usual, big tech is providing lots to d...
PrivacyPod #7: Hot Privacy Summer
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
PrivacyPod awakens from its summer slumber for an episode of the latest news in the privacy-verse. It should be no surprise to anyone that summer usua...
PrivacyPod #6: Hard Times, Hard Supplementary Measures with Trevor Hughes
23 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Hot off the press! In this week’s episode we go through our very first reactions to EDPB’s final recommendations on supplementary measures, the mo...
PrivacyPod #5: New SCCs in Town
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of PrivacyPod, this week with our resident cookie monster Heikki Tolvanen and Milla Keller. Heikki is excited about ice ho...
PrivacyPod #4: Welcome to the complaints jungle
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week we are back to our regular programming with an episode packed with privacy news. Panu and Milla are reflecting upon how GDPR’s birthday ce...
PrivacyPod #3 Doctolib Sync with Michael Hopp
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In our third episode, Panu and Milla dive deeply into the mysteries of the Doctolib case from the French courts. Thankfully, we have Michael Hopp who ...
PrivacyPod #2: Don't want no Mailchimp in my business
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the second episode of PrivacyPod, a show about EU privacy, technology and cookies. Our regular content covers recent privacy related news, ...
PrivacyPod #1 : Can't get Schrems II out of my head
10 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Drumrolls please, PrivacyPod’s first episode is out! This is a podcast about privacy, technology and cookies. Our regular content covers recent priv...