🚨 NEW EPISODE DROP: GlastonData — CPDP Day 3 🚨

And data darling… Brussels has officially entered its finale era. ✨🎪

There I was, sitting outside the CPDP venue on the final morning with an iced matcha in hand, sunglasses hiding the consequences of the afterparty, and a tote bag full of crumpled notes, business cards, and unresolved feelings about AI. Around me, the festival energy had shifted, slower steps, softer conversations, and that unmistakable Day Three mix of exhaustion and reflection.

And I couldn’t help but wonder… after three days of panels, policy drama, networking, and digital existentialism — what are we actually taking home from Europe’s most fashionable privacy festival? Because Day Three at CPDP didn’t wind down… it softened into meaning. AI warfare, mental privacy, surveillance capitalism, adtech empires, digital sovereignty — the topics were still huge. But underneath it all sat a quieter question: how do we stay human in systems designed to predict, profile, and optimise us? So today, data darlings, we’re stepping into the final stretch of CPDP — the afterglow edition. The last panels, lingering debates, and post-festival reflections heading back through Brussels airport security…

In this episode:

🎪 The Rights Erosion Era Tour We’re joined by Itxaso Domínguez de Olazábal, on surveillance, design, and digital rights. She explores Europe’s shift from rights-first regulation to “competitiveness” — and what gets lost in the process.

⚔️ The Security Line at the AI Festival We’re joined by Frank Slijper (PAX), on AI, war, and surveillance. He examines how AI is reshaping warfare — and what that means for civilians, accountability, and power.

🎤 No VIP Access for Unchecked AI We close with Wojciech Wiewiórowski, on AI safeguards and high-risk systems. He asks what it really takes to govern AI before it outruns its safeguards.

🎧 CPDP Day 3 — The Afterglow Edition Neural data, AI warfare, digital euro debates, adtech power, workplace surveillance — Day Three moved across stages but kept circling one question: what does power look like when it becomes data?

Because at CPDP, even the afterparty has a policy angle…and I couldn’t help but wonder… is privacy the last thing still fully ours? ✨

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