Lisa Hawk

Deputy General Counsel, Expel · 1 appearance on the record.

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Lisa Hawke is a technology lawyer and cybersecurity leader who serves as Deputy General Counsel at Expel. She previously served as VP of Security and Compliance at Everlaw and Vice Chair of Women in Security and Privacy.

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4 supported 1 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 5 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Lisa argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported

Hawk: Over 80% of US population re-identifiable with three data points

“I think there's a stat out there that says that over 80 or 85% of the U.S. Population can be identified with three pieces of data.”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:20 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

none yet certainty 1

none yet certainty 2

100% certainty 3

100% certainty 4

75% certainty 5

weighted support: a fully supported claim counts one, a partly supported claim counts half. Each filled bar is clickable and opens exactly those claims; "none yet" means nothing said at that certainty level has resolved yet

How they sound: speaking style how? →

228 words/min while actually speaking · 4.5 um and uh per 1k words

No argument clarity score for Lisa Hawk: no usable question→answer exchanges on raw tape (a fair score needs 8+). We do not score a sample that small. Roundtable and news formats yield far fewer direct exchanges than interviews.

Measured by listening to 3,740 words across 1 episode, but every recording we have of Lisa Hawk is the aired feed, and an editor cleaned that audio before release. Some of the hesitation was cut before we ever heard it, so read these as floors: the true rates are at least this high. These are measurements of speaking style, not scores. How it's measured →

What they said9 Episodes1

Everything Lisa Hawk said on the a16z Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Assertion Partly supported

Hawk: GDPR applies to any global company processing EU personal data

“Well, in legal terms, there's a thing called long-arm jurisdiction, and this is probably one of the longest of the long-arm jurisdictions, and what I mean by that is a situation where a local court can actually assert jurisdiction over someone in another state…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:20 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Assertion Supported

Hawk: Over 80% of US population re-identifiable with three data points

“I think there's a stat out there that says that over 80 or 85% of the U.S. Population can be identified with three pieces of data.”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:20 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Disclosure

Hawk: A culture of silence led to a deferred prosecution agreement

“I've been on the receiving end of a deferred prosecution agreement, largely relating to a cultural issue around not reporting things and sort of being scared to report things, and I can absolutely say You know, without reservation, that that is not where you w…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:08 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Opinion

Hawk: Startups do not need expensive consultants for GDPR compliance

“Startups can do it themselves. I think they have a lot of smart people. There are tools out there that you can use. Eventually you will need a lawyer to draft some contracts, but I do think there are practical things you can do without engaging a really expens…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 29:48 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Hawk: EU regulators are prioritizing transparency above all GDPR principles

“And with the data protection principles under GDPR, the one that I've heard the regulators focusing on the most is transparency. So they are putting a huge amount of work in the making sure individual citizens in Europe understand that they have the right to k…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:14 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Assertion Supported

Hawk: Fully anonymized data is exempt from GDPR regulations

“There is one escape route from GDPR, which is the provision in the regulation, which is also the same as the 95 directive, which says that data that are fully anonymized, meaning that no individuals can be identified are outside, outside the scope of GDPR. So …”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 10:56 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Assertion Supported

Hawk: GDPR fines are a last resort after investigations and corrective actions

“Well, I have to say, I do recommend that folks take a look at it, because working backwards from there, they actually tell you what they care about when they're going to potentially assess a fine, which is, you know, is there negligence? Was it intentional? So…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:26 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Assertion Supported

Hawk: No official GDPR certification exists despite consultant claims

“GDPR is a regulation, and right now there is no certification for it. The regulation does have language around certification in it, but nothing's actually been developed. It's referenced, but it's not developed.”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:52 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Insight

Hawk: Startups should appoint detail-oriented risk sentinels to lead GDPR compliance

“If you're at a smaller company and you need somebody to lead your GDPR compliance project, then, and you don't have a, you know, person in charge of compliance, then my advice is to look for what I think of as your risk sentinel. ... You want the people who ca…”

Lisa Hawk Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:08 a16z Podcast | What to Know about GDPR

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
a16z Podcast \| What to Know about GDPR	Jan 2, 2019	20m

Lisa Hawk

The record, in short

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Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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