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Eduardo Ustaran: the status of privacy in 2026, UK-EU divergence on automated decisions

The status of privacy in 2026. Privacy-AI convergence. Has the UK left art 22 GDPR behind?

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Newsroom

Newsroom Notes: Spring 2026

Further information and references.

May 25 • Sergio Maldonado

Newsroom Notes: Winter 2026

Further information and references.

Mar 22 • Sergio Maldonado

Newsroom Notes: Fall 2025

Further information and references.

Dec 16, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Newsroom Notes: Summer 2025

Major EU decisions, new UK framework, enforcement sweeps, cookie lawsuits

Sep 21, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Newsroom: Spring 2025

ePrivacy and Regulatory Updates

Aug 4, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Events

Breakfast workshop: Santa Monica May 2026

An informal chat about recent updates to California privacy laws

May 4 • Sergio Maldonado

Breakfast workshop: NYC April 2026

An informal chat about the evolution of AI Governance at medium and large law firms

Apr 16 • Sergio Maldonado

Masters of Privacy LIVE NYC 2026

Privacy meets MarTech & AdTech (January 14, 2026).

Jan 4 • Sergio Maldonado

Breakfast workshop: Charlotte

A review of recent legal/enforcement updates at the intersection of data privacy and MarTech/AdTech (December 4, 2025).

Nov 11, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Masters of Privacy LIVE NYC 2025

Privacy meets MarTech & AdTech (November 6, 2025).

Oct 30, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Analysis

Refresher (January 28th special): Data Protection vs. Privacy and Data Privacy

Revisit our January 2025 episode with Carissa Véliz, Gabriela Zanfir-Fortuna, Markus Wünschelbaum, Brendan Quinn, and Tim Turner.

Jan 28 • Sergio Maldonado

Browser-Supported Signals as a replacement for Consent Management Platforms

Can you even remember the days when the internet was clutter-free?

Jan 20 • Sergio Maldonado

The slippery slope of consent banners in preventing CIPA and VPPA claims: why effective Opt-Outs will prevail - also in the EU

On the parallel evolution of ePrivacy compliance in the EU and the US, from the late 90s to the “Digital Omnibus” and California’s AB566

Nov 17, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

From wiretapping and video rentals to website pixels, SDKs, and APIs. CIPA/VPPA litigation, risk management, and practical strategies (Nov…

Litigation strategies, and how these actions affect the broader MarTech landscape

Nov 5, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

EU-US Data Privacy Framework Cheat Sheet

This month’s EU General Court ruling on Latombe v. Commission calls for an update to our EU-US Data Privacy Framework cheat sheet.

Sep 29, 2025 • Sergio Maldonado

Toolbox

RoPA exports with DPO Central

A few easy steps

May 16 • Sergio Maldonado

Introducing Dealroom: an integrated contract negotiation platform

Finally, forget about Word reviews, version control, and unencrypted email attachments

Mar 22 • Sergio Maldonado

Introducing AI Sentinel: AI Governance, simplified

Get up and running with an AI Governance program in minutes.

Mar 15 • Sergio Maldonado

Compliance Briefs: a practical tool to fend off CIPA claims

Special discount for Masters of Privacy subscribers

Mar 8 • Sergio Maldonado

Consent Mode Monitor: automating the review of Consent Mode settings

Properly evaluating Consent Mode in a Google Tag Manager setup

Mar 8 • Sergio Maldonado

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