Meru Data's Podcast

Listen to Meru Data’s podcast, Key Privacy Metrics and KPIs for Businesses to Track, featuring Priya Keshav, Founder and CEO of Meru Data. In this episode, Priya dives deep into the ever-evolving privacy landscape, offering practical insights on how organizations can implement and track essential privacy metrics to drive progress and align with business goals.In this podcast, Priya discusses:How privacy metrics can justify the need for budget and demonstrate ROIThe development and tracking of...

Listen to Meru Data’s podcast, "Implementing Privacy by Design: A Practical Guide," featuring Priya Keshav, Founder and CEO of Meru Data. In this insightful episode, Priya shares her expert strategies for embedding privacy practices into organizational frameworks, drawing from her extensive experience in building privacy programs.In this podcast, Priya explores the real-world challenges privacy professionals face when implementing Privacy by Design (PBD), emphasizing why a one-size-fits-all a...

Listen to Meru Data’s latest podcast on Navigating AdTech Shifts and Retail Data Privacy, featuring Priya Keshav, Founder and CEO of Meru Data, and Jonathan Tam, Partner at Baker McKenzie. Together, they explore how privacy professionals can adapt to significant changes in the AdTech landscape and address the challenges of retail data privacy.In this podcast, they discuss best practices for managing cookies and pixels, the risks of dark patterns and confusing opt-out mechanisms, and what ad t...

Listen to Meru Data's webinar audio on Risks and Advantages of AI on Your Devices. the Managing Director of FTI’s Digital Insights and Risk Management, Jerry Bui, and Meru Data Founder and CEO, Priya Keshav, as they explore how privacy professionals can ensure the safe and compliant use of AI tools on personal and company devices. In this podcast, they cover essential best practices for cloud-based and on-device AI tools, data security both on devices and during transmission, and effective da...

Listen our expert panelists Priya Keshav, James Sherer, and Michael Simon as they delve into the groundbreaking SB205 legislation in Colorado, the first state to regulate artificial intelligence. This podcast will explore the scope of AI covered under the new law, its reporting requirements, and the importance of involving the right stakeholders in AI governance initiatives. The discussion will highlight the significant implications for the data privacy community, as many leaders are now task...

Listen privacy expert Priya Keshav and Gregory Szewczyk on, "Understanding, Scaling, and Automating Data Protection Assessments," where they address the complexities of conducting DPAs mandated by various state privacy laws, including California, Connecticut, Virginia, Montana, and Oregon. The Colorado Privacy Act's specific DPA content requirements and potential new regulations in California will also be discussed. Learn about the top challenges in conducting DPAs, strategies for automation,...

Listen to Meru Data's webinar audio on Mitigating and Managing Third Party Risks. Privacy experts Priya Keshav and Kim-An Hernandez discuss best practices, privacy roles, auditing, assessing third-party practices, and onboarding. This webinar is approved by the IAPP for CPE credits. Learn from real cases like the FTC's $16.5 million fine on Avast for data mishandling. Visit Meru Data for insights on privacy and AI governance compliance.

The EU AI Act is close to being finalized, and California just released the rules for automated decision-making that will regulate the PI used by AI is protected and prevent biases.Given this unprecedented importance given to AI in the world of privacy, companies are called to ethically and effectively incorporate AI into their privacy programs so that their AI systems and practices avoid noncompliance with the upcoming regulations.Brought to you by Priya Keshav, CEO of Meru Data, this webina...

This year witnessed several state-wide and comprehensive privacy laws introduced, some of which are going to be effective from the coming year. - Are we going to witness the regulatory landscape further evolving in 2024 and new privacy laws being introduced? - Do the nuances and differences between different state privacy laws matter when ensuring compliance? - What type of personal information had more focus by the enforcement agencies like FTC this year? - What...

Katharina Koerner was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.The conversation between the two privacy professionals centered around Responsible AI governance, including different risks associated with AI, strategies to identify these risks, possible approaches to building in-house AI governance structures, and picking an appropriate framework to operationalize AI within companies.They also touched on the EU AI act and other regulations that ...

Colleen M. Yushchak was recently on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav The conversation between the two privacy experts centered around trends and important changes in the privacy world, which includes recent regulations, technology, acts, and rulings; more specifically, the growing importance of AI, the laws surrounding and governing the use of AI, the growing concern and attention around health data and complaints regarding the...

Ryan Carrier was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav "The insightful conversation between the two privacy experts focused primarily on AI auditing, how it should be conducted, the need for responsible AI systems, how to build ethical and bias-free AI, and more. They also touched upon the need for diverse inputs and the various sources of feedback needed while examining and accessing the AI systems. Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for t...

What is ChatGPT? What are the privacy and other issues that can arise from frequent and widespread usage tools like ChatGPT? Should we build guardrails for ChatGPT?Tune into our podcast Simplify for Success hosted by privacy experts Priya Keshav CEO and founder of Meru Data and Jeff Jockisch, Data Privacy Researcher at Privacy Plan, as they discuss ChatGPT, its impact. Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not...

What are deepfakes? How do deepfakes work and how does it incorporate AI? What are some fraudulent, corporate and political use cases of deepfakes? Can experts differentiate between original data and AI produced data and how? Tune into our podcast Simplify for Success hosted by privacy experts Priya Keshav CEO and founder of Meru Data and Jerry Bui, expert witness and managing director at FTI Consulting's technology segment, as they delve deep into the hot topic that is deepfakes, their impac...

What better way to prepare for privacy in 2023 than gaining intel from privacy professionals themselvesMeruData founder and CEO and privacy expert Priya Keshav sat down with Colleen Yushchak, Senior managing director at Ankura, in the Privacy and Cybersecurity practise, who spent the last 20 years in the legal and technology consulting space focusing on privacy compliance consulting to talk about tackling privacy in the new year.On the podcast, they talked about - The biggest challenges ...

Shea Brown was on #SimplifyForSucess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Mr. Brown spoke about AI ethics and AI governance and why companies should engage in these topics. He also discussed the NIST AI governance framework and the need for auditing the use of AI.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

We invited Lauren Kitces on #SimplifyForSucess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Lauren discussed FTC's proposed rulemaking regarding data privacy and data security. She also shared her insights around the enforcement actions from the past and how companies can prepare for the FTC enforcement.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Chris McLellan was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Chris spoke about the Data Collaboration Alliance, a nonprofit working with the mission to advance technology standards and protocols aimed at minimizing the use of data in operational environments.He also spoke about Dataware technology, which is a network-based architecture that eliminates silos and enables the use of a single network of information that grows over time.Thank you to...

Tawfiq Alashoor was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Mr Alashoor shared the results from his behavioural economics of privacy. He also discussed the factors influencing people’s ability to make privacy decisions.Disclaimer: Some of the studies mentioned in the podcast are published, conditionally accepted, under review, or being prepared for a journal submission. Several scholars have contributed to these studies including Mark Keil, H...

Heidi Saas was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Heidi spoke about the Metaverse and the challenges around data and privacy in the Metaverse. She also discussed the privacy and safety issues arising within the Metaverse.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Lewis Eisen was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav Lewis delved deep into the topic of understanding privacy policies. He further spoke about what organizations can do to improve their policy drafting, in light of the forthcoming regulations. Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Robin Meyer was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Robin discussed the technique of tokenization and the advantages offered by it. She also spoke about her professional journey and TokenEx’s cloud data protection platform.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Samantha Ettari was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Samantha spoke about biometrics and the various biometric laws in the US. She also discussed cases regarding the use of biometrics and the regulatory aspects that organizations should pay attention to.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Adriaan van Rossum was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Adriaan talked about a more privacy-preserving analytics platform called Simple Analytics and other alternatives to Google Analytics.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Alysa Hutnik was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Alysa discussed the upcoming changes and challenges in the ad tech industry. She spoke on several topics, including the Belgian DPA’s recent decision on IAB, first-party data, dark patterns, personalization, and more.Listen to the entire conversation here:Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflec...

Alexandra Ebert was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.Alexandra is an ethical AI, synthetic data & privacy expert, serving as the Chief Trust Officer at Mostly AI. She spoke about the use of synthetic data and the benefits it offers.Alexandra also discussed the different approaches to creating synthetic data and ways to eliminate biases.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *Views and opinions expresse...

We invited Nancy Nemes on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.With expertise in AI, IoT, mobility, cybersecurity, and embedded systems, Nancy discussed the challenges in humanizing AI and the intersection of privacy and security with AI.She also spoke about the need to regulate AI without restricting its development and ways for companies to build consumer trust in AI.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for the background music. *View...

We invited Lauren Kitces on #SimplifyForSucess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.As a member of Sidley Austin's privacy and cybersecurity practice, Lauren discussed some of the upcoming privacy laws and how organizations can stay prepared for these laws.

We invited Robert Smallwood on #SimplifyForSucess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav.As the CEO at IG World magazine and Chair at Certified IG Officers Association, Robert spoke on the results of a recent global IG study. He discussed the evolution of IG, tools being used in IG and the obstacles in IG.*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Dan Doggendorf was on the latest episode of #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.Dan is a founder and principal advisor of Pro4:Six Consulting and comes with over 25 years of experience in the field of information security and audit compliance.Mr. Doggendorf discussed the ways for strengthening the organization’s cybersecurity controls and having a strategy for dealing with an attack. He stressed the importance of pract...

We invited Katharina Koerner on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programsAs a senior leader with a Ph.D. in EU law and a deep interest in new technologies and information security, Katharina spoke about homomorphic encryption and multi-party computation (MPC).She also discussed privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) and how they can generate more value from data sharing and data collaboration.*Views and opinions expressed by ...

We invited Odia Kagan on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.Odia is a Partner and Chair of GDPR Compliance and International Privacy at Fox Rothschild.She spoke about cookie banners and ways to operationalize them to provide control and choice to the users. She also discussed the importance of disclosures and how they should be more explicit and transparent.*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the...

We invited Dheeraj Thimmaiah on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.Dheeraj joined Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Global Ethics & Compliance team in 2019, where he serves as a Global Director with a focus in Compliance Analytics and Technology.Dheeraj discussed the use of analytics and compliance, maintaining the data quality, and finding the right balance between people and automation. He shared the example of ABI’s Brew Right too...

We invited Susan Lindberg on our #SimplifyForSuccess podcast series, hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.Susan is a shareholder at Gable Gotwals with more than 25 years of experience as an attorney in the energy sector, both at the law firm and as a general counsel.She spoke about the growing ransomware threats and the practices that will help you be prepared for such an attack.Referenced Resources: NIST Ransomware Protection and Response and the CISA Ransomware Guid...

Jake Frazier, a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting, was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.As the practice lead of Information Governance, Privacy & Security, Mr. Frazier helps legal, records, information technology and information security departments with e-discovery and IG.He discussed the challenges in implementing data minimization and ways to overcome them. *Views and opinions expressed by gu...

Jeff Jockisch, the Data Privacy Researcher at Privacy Plan, was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.Jeff spoke about privacy-enhancing technologies and what elements constitute a privacy-enhancing technology.He also discussed the existence of data biases in analytics programs and the importance of testing to eliminate bias.*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru Data.*

Anjana Susarla was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.As a professor of Responsible AI, Anjana spoke about AI-based bias and discrimination and why organizations should build and deploy AI in a responsible manner.She discussed how data bias, bias from the method of training, and decision bias create a biased AI tool, and steps that can help build more responsible AI.*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not ne...

Debbie Reynolds- the Data Diva, the founder, CEO and the Chief Data Privacy officer of Debbie Reynolds Consulting, was on #SimplifyForSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.Debbie discussed the right to privacy of individuals and transparency around data and how companies can use privacy as a business advantage. When asked about her take on third-party cookies, Debbie said the future of advertising will be about the consent of i...

Jessica Marlette, who serves as the Information Governance Counsel at White & Case, was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.Apart from advising on best practices, policies, and procedures, Jessica also leads the Content Governance team at the firm. She spoke about the intersection of privacy, security and records management and the importance of cross-collaboration in the IG process.*Views and opinions exp...

Ilona Koti was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs.As a former foreign diplomat with 25+ years in information governance (IG), Ilona Koti has extensive experience in privacy, cybersecurity and GRC assurance.She discussed the importance of retention and its lack of implementation at several organizations. She explained how DataMaps create a hub and provide the opportunity to monitor the data from the ...

James Sherer, who co-chairs the Emerging Tech Team and leader of Information Governance and Artificial Intelligence practices at BakerHostetler, was on #SimplifyforSuccess podcast hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData series to discuss IG programs.James spoke on the importance of focusing on viable client solutions in the current state of regulations surrounding AI.He discussed how IG professionals can guide clients to a more defensible practice with their understanding about the aims of reg...

Aaron Crews was on #SimplifyforSuccess, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav CEO of MeruData to discuss IG programs. Aaron shared his thoughts on data analytics and governance based on his vast experience in eDiscovery, IG, AI, Big Data, and Analytics. As the first Chief Data Analytics Officer at Littler, he recognizes the importance of curated #data and discussed how effective information governance leads to better data analytics, resulting in better decis...

Howard Loos, the Chief Information Privacy Officer and Director of Information Management at Brigham Young University, was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs.Howard discussed how he enables technologies like Data Maps to simplify processes. He emphasized how Data Maps help the privacy world in identifying the data category and its location while also saving them time and effort and reducing the overall risk.*Views...

Danny Thankachan, who manages Information Governance at Blank Rome was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs. He shared how he is able to develop a case for change by highlighting the costs of a reactive approach. He said this resonates with legal departments in large corporations as they understand the challenges with a reactive approach. He also observed how it is easier to drive change through incremental improvem...

Patrick Henz, who manages compliance was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. He shared that it is important to build personal relationships with business units and simplify compliance to improve adoption. He highlighted how the penalties and reputational impacts of non-compliance are much higher than the investments needed to build a world class compliance program.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for background music. *Vi...

Kevin Clark, who manages Information Governance at Thompson Knight was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav to discuss IG programs within law firms. He shared how pilot projects help to validate the goals of the program and get buy-in for the program. He felt an approach that focused on improving specific parts in a complex process has been helpful in simplification, especially in law firms where it is important to carefully manage change...

Dennis Kiker was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. Dennis discussed how organizations can understand the impact of new systems. According to Dennis, establishing a technology council that includes key stakeholders has been a helpful approach in such situations. Additionally, he felt for Information governance professionals to be successful, they have to be able to articulate the value of IG to C Suite members. He also shared how break...

Cash Butler was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. Cash talked about vendor management within organizations and how it is critical to have holistic KPIs to measure effectiveness. He stressed how open communication and use of 360 degree feedback can help to improve these programs. Cash also discussed his experiences of how technology helps these programs.*Views and opinions expressed by guests do not necessarily reflect the view of Meru...

Priya Gopinath was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. Priya Gopinath talked about her experiences using lean six sigma principles to simplify and accelerate enterprise wide programs for managing data. She highlighted how communication is critical to ensure success in these programs. She also discussed how to leverage technology in the right way during program implementation. Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for background music.&nbsp...

Wendy McLain was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. Wendy shared her experiences with developing and implementing enterprise wide programs for managing data. She stressed the importance of putting people first and making sure change management is a major focus in such efforts. She discussed how people matter the most for the success of these programs.Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for background music. *Views and opini...

Jeff Kruse, President of Kruse Consulting and Dispute Resolution, was on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. Jeff discussed his experience developing and implementing enterprise wide policy for managing electronic data as a CLO of a global medical device company. He shared his thoughts around simplification and how to build a business case in a corporate environment. He also talked about how to overcome challenges around user adoption and ...

Wendy Riggs, Managing Member of IGC Global, was the guest on Simplify for Success, a podcast series presented by Meru Data and hosted by Priya Keshav. In the podcast, Wendy discusses her experience in developing and implementing enterprise wide IG program. She shares her thoughts around simplification and how to build a business case for IG, getting user adoption and change management. Thank you to Fesliyan Studios for background music. *Views and opinions expressed by guests...