Breaches and Terms: which mess is bigger?
Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/840448/fan_mail/new) With Dr. K Royal (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kroyal) off to Vegas, this week it's Paul Breitbarth (https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulbreitbarth/) and Ralph O’Brien (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralphobrien/) of Reinbo Consulting (https://reinboconsulting.com/) catching up for the Serious Privacy (https://seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/) podcast on all of the news. Two big topics this week: the hidden-until-now (https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/16/the-spreadsheet-the-superinjunction-and-the-relocation-scheme-afghan-data-leak-timeline) data breach of the UK ministry of Defence in Afghanistan and the mess that was the WeTransfer terms update (official blog post (https://wetransfer.com/blog/story/wetransfer-terms-of-service-changes-july-2025) , Paul's Linkedin post (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/paulbreitbarth_if-you-are-a-user-of-wetransfer-this-is-activity-7350778735974883328-GZ0I?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAACSGOwB3LlGs8zhPPlq6tKa2JpoGOsaIu4) ). The guys also talk about this piece (https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/how-to-disappear-from-the-internet/) in the New York Times Wirecutter on disappearing from the internet. If you have comments or questions, find us on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/seriousprivacy) and Instagram @seriousprivacy, and on BlueSky under @seriousprivacy.eu, @europaulb.seriousprivacy.eu, @heartofprivacy.bsky.app and @igrobrien.seriousprivacy.eu, and email [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . Rate and Review us! Subscribe today HERE (https://seriousprivacy.buzzsprout.com/840448/follow) Back the Board Game! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seriousprivacy/serious-privacy-the-data-game Powered by TrustArc (https://trustarc.com/serious-privacy-podcast/) From Season 6, our episodes are edited by Fey O'Brien. Our intro and exit music is Channel Intro 24 by Sascha Ende (https://filmmusic.io/) , licensed under CC BY 4.0. with the voiceover by Tim Foley.