The Wild West era of data collection is over | Guest Sean Falconer

Today on Cyber Work, Sean Falconer of Skyflow and host of the Partially Redacted and Software Huddle podcasts, joins me to talk about the present and future of consumer and user data privacy, the pros and cons of adding more privacy regulations into place and his journey from software development and engineering to his current place of working closely and deeply with the future of API-based data encryption and privacy. And stick around because Falconer will share the best career advice he ever received!

0:00 - Consumer and user data privacy
2:02 - When did Falconer get into tech?
6:40 - Three degrees in computer science
12:40 - Current issues around data privacy
19:25 - The end of "Wild West" data privacy laws
24:00 - External factors on data privacy
28:03 - Why am I accepting cookies on websites?
34:45 - Experiences and learning for data privacy careers
41:44 - Learn more about Skyflow and Falconer
42:26 - Outro

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