Cillian Kieran (Ethyca): Privacy Tech spotlight III - compliance as an engineering challenge

Can we shift the focus from documentation to technical implementation? How can we bridge the cultural differences between legal teams and engineers? What do we mean with open-source data classification?

We are joined by Cillian Kieran, Ethyca’s CEO and founder, in a new installment of our Privacy Tech series. Cillian is a serial entrepreneur and seasoned privacy engineer with two decades of experience leading data-intensive businesses. He combines deep technical expertise with a track record of building and scaling companies, including a global digital agency serving Fortune 500 clients. 

References:

• Fides: the open source language for data privacy

• Cillian Kieran on LinkedIn

• Ethyca

• Max Anderson (Ketch): Privacy Tech spotlight I – the future of CMPs, value vs. hype in privacy compliance SaaS (Masters of Privacy, April 2025)

• Daniel Barber (DataGrail): Privacy Tech spotlight II – widespread non-compliance, opt-out challenges, and shadow AI (Masters of Privacy, May 2025)