Is Privacy Dead?
Cybersecurity Today

Is Privacy Dead?

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 202648 min
  • Interview
  • Technology

Is Privacy Dead—or on Life Support? Ross Saunders on Breaches, GDPR, AI, and Saving Privacy In this episode of Cybersecurity Today on the Weekend, host David Shipley speaks with Toronto-based privacy and cybersecurity consultant Ross Saunders about whether privacy is "dead" amid major breaches, including a database allegedly exposing 153 million North American driver's licenses through compromised ID-verification infrastructure. Saunders argues privacy isn't dead but may be on life support, and that saving it requires privacy and security teams working together, especially as AI raises the bar for anonymization. They discuss why privacy is...

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Is privacy dead? In the wake of the last few years of data breaches and on the heels of 153 million North American driver's licenses leaked and sold on the dark web, that's a question many of us are asking.

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My guest on this episode of Cybersecurity Today on the weekend says it's not dead, but it might be on life support, and there's a role for all of us to play in saving the patient. Ross Saunders is a Toronto-based privacy and cybersecurity consultant, a self-described nerd with trust issues.

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He spent 15 years translating legal privacy requirements into technical controls, from SaaS product development to a decade of GRC consulting across Canada, South Africa, India, and beyond. We talk about why privacy is worth saving. We also dive into why developers keep getting personal information wrong.

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