Verizon's Privacy Counsel on AI, Age Verification & the Salazar Case | This week in Data Privacy
No more manual tasks or basic pop-ups. Make data privacy a flexible, on-brand experience that puts your customer in control. Book a Demo today: https://content.ketch.com/request-demo?utm_campaign=Youtube%20Channel%20Optimization&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social Verizon's Managing Associate General Counsel for Privacy, Aubrey Wesser, joins the Privacy Huddle to unpack how a top US carrier runs privacy assessments, adopts AI in legal workflows, and navigates the exploding children's privacy patchwork. Aubrey walks through Verizon's full assessment stack — product reviews, DPIAs/PIAs, vendor risk reviews, and data governance documentation — and how AI is already helping her team draft more robust legal analysis, de-duplicate repetitive intake questions, and issue-spot sensitive data before it reaches legal review. We then dig into the state-by-state age verification patchwork (Texas, California, Louisiana), the difference between age assurance and age verification, and why a "compliant in one state" mindset is a trap. Aubrey also breaks down two cases every privacy professional is watching: Salazar v. Paramount (VPPA, Meta Pixel, and who counts as a "consumer") and the Meta biometrics/voiceprint lawsuit out of Illinois — plus why cookie banners and Global Privacy Control are the most underrated compliance risk on the table right now. 0:00 Intro and welcoming Aubrey Wesser 0:59 How Aubrey got into privacy via CCPA 2:46 Aubrey's role covering US privacy at Verizon 4:37 How Verizon structures privacy assessments and DPIAs 7:59 Common pitfalls with business teams 8:07 Where AI fits into privacy assessments 15:35 Verizon's AI adoption roadmap 17:23 Children's privacy: the state law patchwork 20:35 Age verification vs. age assurance, explained 22:25 Texas, California, and what's next in age laws 26:35 The Salazar v. Paramount VPPA case 30:32 Meta's biometrics/voiceprint lawsuit 36:15 The most underestimated risk: cookie banners and GPC Subscribe for weekly conversations with privacy leaders on the laws, tools, and tradeoffs shaping the industry. Got a topic or guest you want to hear from? Drop it in the comments. Read further: https://www.ketch.com/solutions/age-gating #DataPrivacy #PrivacyLaw #AIcompliance Additional: #ChildrensPrivacy #CookieCompliance --------------------- Ketch is redefining responsible data use for the AI era. The Ketch Platform is the new layer of business technology that helps brands collect, control, and activate clean, permissioned, AI-ready and privacy-safe data across every device, system, and third-party app. Brands around the world use Ketch to simplify privacy and consent operations, increase revenue from advertising, data, and AI initiatives, and build trust with customers and partners. Book a 30min Demo today: https://content.ketch.com/request-demo?utm_campaign=Youtube%20Channel%20Optimization&utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social --------------------- Follow Ketch on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ketchdigital/ Follow Ketch on X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/Ketch_Digital Ketch Academy: https://academy.ketch.com/ Try Ketch for Free: https://www.ketch.com/ketch-free-cookie-banner