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The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update.

Into year five for this award-winning, light-hearted, lightweight IT privacy and security podcast that spans the globe in terms of issues covered with topics that draw in everyone from executive, to newbie, to tech specialist.

Your investment of between 15 and 20 minutes a week will bring you up to speed on half a dozen current IT privacy and security stories from around the world to help you improve the management of your own privacy and security.

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Update frequency
every 3 days
Average duration
20 minutes
Episodes
311
Years Active
2020 - 2025
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Chicken Soup and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending March 7th., 2023

Chicken Soup and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending March 7th., 2023

This week we start on page 7 and finish in with the chickens.

We get a little bit of activity from Zoom and a TL;DR for US President Biden’s new National Cybersecurity Strategy.

We have a story on Ai…

00:22:37  |   Wed 08 Mar 2023
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update goes Atomic for the week ending February 28th., 2023

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update goes Atomic for the week ending February 28th., 2023

From Rosie the Robot to atomic restores… we’ve got you covered.

This week we walk out of the UK with Signal and break into our bank with something that’s not even ours.

We have good news for those on…

00:18:30  |   Wed 01 Mar 2023
Putting all your eggs in one basket with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 21st., 2023

Putting all your eggs in one basket with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 21st., 2023

This week we start in the “fresh produce” section and end up in an empty parking space.

For Valentine’s day, we heard that if you really wanted to show your love, you’d forget the dozen roses and hit…

00:25:19  |   Wed 22 Feb 2023
Be our Valentine: The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 14th., 2023

Be our Valentine: The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 14th., 2023

For this special Valentine’s day edition, we have a couple of golden heartfelt stories at opposite ends of the gift-giving spectrum.

We have an update on a final breakup that seems to have dragged on…

00:26:16  |   Wed 15 Feb 2023
Psyched about the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 7th., 2023

Psyched about the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending February 7th., 2023

Lie down and relax. This week you might need the couch as our readings take you from therapy notes to privacy policies.

We have Microsoft burrowing into your computer to find out what version of its …

00:26:04  |   Wed 08 Feb 2023
Boxed with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 31st., 2023

Boxed with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 31st., 2023

This is probably one of the most entertaining updates yet, so join us as we take you from the coolest ride to the hottest trend in outsmarting AI CCTV cameras.

And then, apparently we have some bad n…

00:20:05  |   Wed 01 Feb 2023
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update don't give a Monkey's for the week ending January 24th., 2023

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update don't give a Monkey's for the week ending January 24th., 2023

This week we start with a chimp and end closer to doom.

Between those two completely unrelated bookends, we get news from phone, security, and payments companies that they let a different animal out …

00:27:40  |   Wed 25 Jan 2023
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update gets Bricked for the week ending January 17th., 2023

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update gets Bricked for the week ending January 17th., 2023

This week we start with phones and end up phishing... only to discover that neither are “F” words.

We sweep from the Netherlands to Canada, China, the U.S., Iran, and Switzerland this week as we get …

00:29:47  |   Wed 18 Jan 2023
Just a whiff of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 10th., 2023

Just a whiff of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update for the week ending January 10th., 2023

This week we exercise all your senses: from sound and vision to …smell.

We have car stories worthy of serious rubbernecking with almost no brand of automobile left out.

There’s the NYC school distric…

00:30:29  |   Wed 11 Jan 2023
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for the week ending January 3rd., 2023

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for the week ending January 3rd., 2023

Welcome to year 4 and The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Buzz for the week ending January 3rd., 2023

This week we go from cookies and keys to bees.

We have stories that fly from hardware to… h…

00:23:26  |   Wed 04 Jan 2023
The Heart of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 27th., 2022

The Heart of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 27th., 2022

This latest IT Privacy and Security update will keep you right in the heart  of things… from airport travel to petrol scams.

There’s a state-of-play update on TikTok, sad Twitter news for Elon, and e…

00:32:33  |   Tue 27 Dec 2022
Mince pies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 20th., 2022

Mince pies and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 20th., 2022

In perhaps our juiciest update yet we sink our taste buds into this week’s Holiday cornucopia of flavors.

From the North Pole to the South, but mostly in the US, we have a great new way for Santa to …

00:23:45  |   Wed 21 Dec 2022
The Blinding Light of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 13th., 2022

The Blinding Light of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 13th., 2022

In perhaps our brightest update yet, we leap from the uninvited into bright, radiant light.

We travel from a somewhat naughty confederation to a blazing anonymous number migration.

We receive creativ…

00:25:57  |   Wed 14 Dec 2022
Trucking with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 6th., 2022

Trucking with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending December 6th., 2022

Heavens to Betsey! This week we start with liars and end in a Pepsi Cola loading bay.

We discover stuff under our desks, new ways to get into pictures at the airport, and something unexpected flying …

00:28:13  |   Wed 07 Dec 2022
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Plumb the Dumb for the week ending November 29th., 2022

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly update Plumb the Dumb for the week ending November 29th., 2022

This week you might be forgiven for laughing at some of the coverage until you realize how close it hits to home.

We start with an issue reported back in 2020 that got no response, but could be set t…

00:22:44  |   Wed 30 Nov 2022
57 Channels and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 22nd., 2022

57 Channels and the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 22nd., 2022

This week we hand you the remote so you can explore the latest in what you need to know about IT privacy and security.

We start with an unexpected success story and end possibly with fewer Euros in o…

00:23:46  |   Wed 23 Nov 2022
The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update “Happy Birthday” Edition for the week ending November 15th., 2022

The IT Privacy and Security Weekly Update “Happy Birthday” Edition for the week ending November 15th., 2022

Presenting a special birthday round-up for you today. From a new law in Italia that will ban facial recognition until the rules surrounding it catch up, to the birth of a new baby who just might grow…

00:20:45  |   Wed 16 Nov 2022
Forget the election with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 8th., 2022

Forget the election with the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 8th., 2022

This week we have a refreshing break for anyone in the US who has been bludgeoned with non-stop Political ads for the last two weeks. (These ads are everywhere, TV, the sides of buses, the Internet, …

00:26:58  |   Wed 09 Nov 2022
Unravelling the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 1st., 2022

Unravelling the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending November 1st., 2022

This week we start down the road of your data collection and discover ways and places it’s being shared that you might never have suspected.

Next, we learn who’s included in the hubbub about ransomwa…

00:19:08  |   Wed 02 Nov 2022
Digital Witness of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending October 25th, 2022

Digital Witness of the IT Privacy and Security Weekly update for the week ending October 25th, 2022

For this update, it’s all digits to hand. We go from Japan and Iran to Prime deliveries from a van.

Allegations of TikTok’s Chinese monitor, e-mail proof that Parler shares monikers while France fine…

00:27:13  |   Tue 25 Oct 2022
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