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ManTalks Podcast

Marc Groman - Understanding Internet Privacy With Former White House Senior Privacy Advisor

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education, Mental Health, Relationships, Self-improvement

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Marc Groman, an internationally recognized expert in privacy and information risk management, advises senior leaders in both business and government on complex, data-driven initiatives. He helps clients implement global privacy programs, launch new products and services, conduct due diligence on potential partners, assess privacy risk, and respond to data security incidents. He teaches data breach response at Georgetown Law School, and is actively engaged in the policy debate on federal privacy legislation in the U.S.Marc's expertise in privacy has deep roots: as Senior Advisor for Privacy in the White House, he had government-wide responsibility for privacy policy. He chaired the Federal Privacy Council established by President Barack Obama, and was the privacy lead on the President's Cybersecurity National Action Plan. Prior to his stint in the Obama Administration, Marc was President and CEO of the Network Advertising Initiative, the first Chief Privacy Officer of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, and Counsel to the Energy and Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. Marc currently serves on the Privacy Advisory Panel of the National Security Agency, the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and several other boards. He has received numerous awards and honors in the field of privacy, including the International Association of Privacy Professionals' 2017 Leadership Award. He is a graduate of Tufts University and Harvard Law School.Now, Marc is sharing his expertise in a new format: Their Own Devices is a weekly podcast that tackles the diverse challenges MTV parents face raising YouTube kids. The podcast is available on all major platforms.Connect with Marc:Twitter: @marcgroman Are you looking to find your purpose, navigate transition or fix your relationships, all with a powerful group of men from around the world? Check out The Alliance and join me today.  Check out our Facebook Page or the Men's community. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts  | Spotify For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.com | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter    Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks Community Editing & Mixing by: Aaron The TechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome guys and gals to the Manteauks show. I'm Connor Bieden, the host and founder of

0:14.8

Man Talks. This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and extraordinary individuals

0:21.9

to help teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.

0:28.3

Joining me today is Mr. Mark Groman, and he's an internationally recognized expert in

0:34.0

privacy and information risk management. Now, that might not sound so exciting or riveting,

0:42.0

but hold on. He was the senior advisor for privacy in the White House, and he had government-wide

0:48.6

responsibility for privacy policy, and he chaired the federal privacy council established by President Barack Obama and

0:56.4

was a very integral part of that administration.

0:59.9

He was the privacy lead on the president's cybersecurity national action plan.

1:06.4

And prior to his stint in the Obama administration, he was actually the president and CEO of the

1:12.6

network advertising initiative, the first chair, sorry, the first chief privacy officer

1:18.6

in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and Council to Energy and Commerce Committee in the

1:24.1

United States House of Representatives. And that's one of the highest, one of the

1:27.7

highest committees and advisors directly to the president. So he had a huge, huge role in the

1:35.2

United States, in the Obama administration. And the role of senior advisor for privacy, he was

1:41.8

actually the first one to fill that position. And since Trump has taken over,

1:46.2

this role actually hasn't been filled yet. But why this conversation is so important is for many

1:53.1

reasons. So we are going to dig into things like being a parent and understanding your child's

2:00.4

security and what type of privacy

2:02.5

you specifically have as an individual, as a business owner, as a professional. What happens with

2:09.2

your data when you sign into Facebook? What happens with your data when you use Facebook to

2:15.8

sign into a third partyparty app or software.

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