Practical Privacy with Orla Dormer

Orla Dormer

Practical Privacy is a podcast for privacy professionals who want to understand how privacy and AI governance work in the real world.

Hosted by Orla Dormer, the series brings together experienced practitioners to discuss common operational challenges, from scaling GDPR programs and answering data questions internally, to navigating AI governance and legacy tooling constraints.

Each episode focuses on practical lessons, honest reflections, and what teams wish they had known earlier. This podcast is designed as a reference for privacy leaders looking to improve how privacy actually operates inside organisations.

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Monday · 10 min
Engage Regulators Before They Come to You | Francisco Matos
New cybersecurity regulation like NIS2 is landing differently in every EU country — and a single incident can now trigger separate reports under multiple frameworks. Francisco Matos, Compliance Director at Legora and former Associate General Counsel...
S2 · E1
September 3 · 10 min
Building an AI agent governance framework at scale | Monika Tomczak-Górlikowska
Orla Dorner is joined by Monika Tomczak-Górlikowska, Group Head of Privacy, Digital & AI Governance at Prosus, to talk about building an agentic AI governance framework at scale. They discuss why traditional governance controls aren't enough...
S1 · E18
August 6 · 13 min
Automating processor RoPAs & proving privacy's business value| Adrien Hug-Korda
Keeping a processor Record of Processing Activities up to date is one of the least glamorous—but most critical—operational challenges in privacy. In this episode, Orla Dormer is joined by Adrien Hug-Korda, European Data Protection Board Expert and...
S1 · E17
August 6 · 7 min
Operationalising AI governance in a high-growth fintech environment | Taylor Galusha
What does practical AI governance actually look like day to day in a high-growth FinTech environment? In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Taylor Galusha, Lead Privacy and AI Counsel at Chime, about operationalising AI...
S1 · E16
July 2 · 8 min
Why privacy programmes fail to scale | Cristina Costache
Most organisations have privacy policies. Far fewer have privacy capabilities that actually scale. In this episode, Cristina Costache, DPO & CISO at Noventiq, explores one of the most persistent challenges facing privacy teams: transforming...
S1 · E15
June 23 · 10 min
Scaling ROPA, PIAs & privacy documentation across 1,000+ applications | Aaron Mendelsohn
How do you complete privacy documentation across hundreds of teams and more than 1,000 applications without overwhelming the business? In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer is joined by Aaron Mendelsohn, Director and Senior Privacy Officer...
S1 · E14
June 11 · 12 min
Enhancing privacy, security & compliance without slowing business growth | Fred Descloux
In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer is joined by Fred Descloux, privacy, security, and governance leader, to discuss how organisations can align engineering, security, privacy, and compliance in fast-moving environments where execution...
S1 · E13
June 2 · 9 min
How to be a digital enabler without compromising compliance | Naureen Hussain
Traditional privacy teams were never designed for agile digital transformation. In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Naureen Hussain, Founder of Luminate Advisers and former DPO at Virgin Media, about how privacy leaders can...
May 21 · 11 min
How privacy teams can deliver proactive change | Ben Westwood
In Episode 12 of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer is joined by Ben Westwood, Head of Compliance and DPO at the Motor Insurers’ Bureau, to discuss one of the biggest challenges facing privacy and compliance professionals today: How do you deliver...
S1 · E11
May 12 · 8 min
Building a Scalable Vendor Assessment Process (GDPR & NIS2) | Natalija Bitiukova
Building a scalable vendor assessment process sounds straightforward—until you’re dealing with 50,000+ vendors across 40+ countries.In this episode, Natalija Bitiukova (Head of Data Protection & Digital Law at Carlsberg) shares how her team...
S1 · E10
May 4 · 4 min
Being a global data protection leader (why privacy alone isn’t enough) | Vicky Owens
In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Vicky Owens, Senior Data Privacy and Compliance Counsel at SkyShowtime, about the challenges of being a global data protection leader. Vicky shares why a privacy-only mindset often falls...
S1 · E9
May 4 · 9 min
Designing a global privacy framework (what actually works) | Marcelo Canha
What does it take to build a global privacy framework that actually works? In this episode, Marcelo Canha, Global Privacy Director and DPO at Organon, shares his experience designing a privacy program from scratch across 80+ countries — starting with...
S1 · E8
April 8 · 10 min
How to become a DPO (without a traditional background) | Naveed Malik
What does it really take to become a DPO? In this episode, Naveed Malik (Group DPO at Informa) shares his journey from a non-traditional background into a senior privacy role — and why technical expertise alone isn’t enough. From building...
S1 · E7
March 30 · 9 min
Customer DPAs and the overuse of SCCs: Fixing data transfer friction | Roy Kamp
In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Roy Kamp, Director at UKG and former DPO at Wayfair and McAfee, about a common challenge in vendor negotiations: customers insisting on Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) even when they...
S1 · E6
March 18 · 8 min
Stop calling it anonymous: The reality of pseudonymized data in SaaS | Noemie Weinbaum
In this episode of Practical Privacy, we explore one of the most common misconceptions in SaaS and AI development: the belief that data can truly be fully anonymized. Orla Dormer speaks with Noemie Weinbaum – Managing Counsel at UKG, about why...
S1 · E5
March 9 · 10 min
Why privacy programs fail at implementation | Avishay Klein
In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Avishay Klein, Head of Privacy, AI and Cyber Department at Barnea Jaffa Lande. They discuss why privacy programs often fail at implementation — from unrealistic data retention timelines to...
S1 · E4
February 23 · 9 min
Making privacy & AI governance training actually engaging | Jared Browne
How do you make AI Act and GDPR training something people actually pay attention to? In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Jared Browne, Fexco Group Head of Privacy & AI Governance, about turning regulatory training into...
S1 · E3
February 12 · 7 min
Embedding AI governance across 39 countries | Martin Woodward
Embedding AI governance across 39 countries is not just a compliance exercise, it’s a change management challenge. In this episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer speaks with Martin Woodward, Director Global Legal & Global Responsible AI...
S1 · E2
January 29 · 12 min
Why Privacy can’t be solved by legal teams alone | Helen Graham
In Episode 2 of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer is joined by Helen Graham (Global Head of Privacy at IVC Evidensia) to unpack one of the biggest challenges privacy teams face today: keeping up with a constant wave of new and evolving data legislation....
S1 · E1
January 22 · 10 min
When RoPA becomes a checkbox (and how to fix It) | Dave Evans
In this first episode of Practical Privacy, Orla Dormer sits down with Dave Evans to unpack a problem many privacy teams recognise instantly: having a ROPA that technically exists, but does not actually help you answer real questions.

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