Episode 11 - Monetizing Privacy

What if your personal information isn’t just something to protect, but something you should be paid for?

In Episode 11 of the Disruptive Pod, Rob G explores the emerging economics of privacy and the uncomfortable reality behind today’s digital marketplace: our clicks, searches, locations, purchases, preferences, and behaviors all create value...often for someone else.

Monetizing Privacy challenges the traditional conversation around data ownership and asks a more disruptive question: If companies profit from your digital identity, should you share in that value?

This episode examines the rise of the data economy, AI-driven behavioral prediction, the possibility of a future “privacy dividend,” and the idea of personal data agents that could one day negotiate access to your information on your behalf. But there’s another side to the equation: if people can sell their privacy, could privacy itself eventually become a luxury that only some can afford?

This isn’t simply a conversation about technology or cybersecurity. It’s about business, leadership, consumer trust, ownership, ethics, and power.

Because the next era of the digital economy may not be about asking:

“Who has my data?”

It may be about asking:

“Who controls it, who profits from it—and where’s my cut?”

Join Rob G for another thought-provoking episode of the Disruptive Pod, where we challenge conventional thinking, explore what’s next, and question who truly benefits from disruption.