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Happy Privacy Week! Andy's coming to you from Washington D.C. during IAPP/FPF/IAB Privacy week. We talk about how state activity is starting to narrow, and which state is likely next on the comprehensive map.  As always, if you'd like to learn more you can find us at www.marinerstrategies.com

SPECIAL GUEST EPISODE - Today we talk about the increasingly busy legislative session and give some privacy updates on Maine, Maryland, DC, Connecticut, Minnesota, and other states. A new state joins the ranks of the comprehensive puzzle. Most importantly, we have children's privacy expert on to talk about the state of privacy in second grade... As always, if you'd like to learn more you can find us at www.marinerstrategies.com. Thanks for listening - we'll see you out there.

Spring is in the air, and so is data privacy. Andy and Willy return after a travel-induced hiatus to discuss the recent news in Maine and Connecticut before discussing the numerous health data privacy bills moving along.    Thanks for listening and, as always, if you'd like to learn more, visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

BOMB CYCLONE Edition! Willy and Andy celebrate Oklahoma's comprehensive bill getting close to the finish line after a multi-year push, discuss New Mexico's session adjourning, and look at bills moving in Minnesota and Alabama.  We also discuss our favorite snow day meals - newsflash, Willy likes some heat with his!  As always, if you'd like to learn more, you can visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

On this holiday Monday, Andy and Willy go through what's happening in the last days of the New Mexico session, some unexpected news out of Maine, and a novel approach to data breach notifications in CT. Then, we tackle our favorite presidents in honor of Presidents' Day As always, if you'd like to learn more, visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

Happy Super Bowl Sun- hold on - we're checking the scores - oh. Well, congratulations to all the Seahawks fans in any event, and for Boston, we've got to be satisfied with only 6 Super Bowl victories, I suppose.  In a quick-hitting pod this week, Willy and Andy hit the fast-moving privacy bills in NM, AL, and other states, a couple of AI bills to keep an eye on, and discuss how Bad Bunny could silence the critics. Enjoy!  As always, if you'd like to learn more, you can visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

With the legislative session in full swing, Willy and Andy take you through the fast-moving world of privacy and AI bills this week, with a focus on IA, VA, and NM.  Then, we react to the last several weeks of the federal government's activties in MN (and elsewhere), sharing our personal experiences and also some data privacy thoughts and tips to keep our personal information safe from government overreach.  As always, if you'd like to learn more, you can visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

Willy and Andy take a break from shoveling and making snowmen to welcome Molly Crawford of IAB to the Spyglass. Molly talks about the differences - and similarities - between working as a regulator and as an advocate, how AI will play into advertising, and her thoughts on sensitive data usage in advertising.  Willy and Andy also run down the significant developments of the week in both Privacy and AI.  As always, if you'd like to learn more, visit www.marinerstrategies.com

What, you thought Mariner Strategies takes days off during the legislative session?! We're back with a look ahead at the week, with New England states characteristically featured. Willy also talks through what he's hearing with New Mexico, and we discuss how Martin Luther King, Jr. has affected and inspired us.  As always, if you'd like to learn more, please visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com. Thanks for listening!

Welcome back! As Andy & Willy kick off the 2026 legislative session, we give a brief overview of what to expect for privacy, comprehensive AI, and chatbot legislation. Then, we dive into what the next week or two will bring. Lastly, we talk New Year's Resolutions.  If you'd like to learn more, please visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com. As always, thanks for listening!

We're back for a year-end wrap up of enforcement activity in the states on comprehensive privacy, and who better to join as our inaugural guest than Tyler Bridegan, Partner at Womble Bond & Dickinson and former TX AGO Privacy Enforcement head! Willy, Tyler, and Andy look at the enforcement trends over the past year, what states mean when they say they're cooperating, and make our 2026 predictions for state enforcement trends.  This pod is being released along with Mariner Strategies' Quarterly Enforcement Report. If you'd like to learn more, visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com

THE ENFORCEMENT EPISODE - Welcome back, friends! This week, The Spyglass returns from its summer hiatus to discuss AG enforcement of privacy violations across the country. We start with what the CA AG and Privacy Protection Agency have focused on in recent years before discussing activity in other states like Texas. Finally, we give our compliance recommendations to ensure that your company stays out of the spotlight, and look at where enforcement trends may be going in the next evolution of regulatory activity.  Mariner offers a quarterly Enforcement Report - contact us at www.marinerstrategies.com If your company is interested!

We're back! After a hiatus, the Spyglass returns. Listen as Andy and Willy break down the action over the last six months in the Comprehensive Privacy space. We talk data minimization, sensitive data, and other key updates from across the states.  As always, if you'd like more information, you can find us at www.marinerstrategies.com.

Spring is in full bloom, and so is state privacy (AI...that's another matter). New England is kicking into high gear while the rest of the country's activity is waning. Plus, Willy and Andy talk about how their moms influence their everyday work.  As always, if you'd like to learn more, visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com.

The Spyglass speeds through the legislative developments this week to talk in depth about the revised CPPA regulations that dropped late last week, and for which public comment is due June 2. Tune in to hear us discuss the new requirements for Cybersecurity Audits, Risk Assessments, and ADMT activities.  As always, if you'd like to learn more, you can visit us at www.marinerstrategies.com