[updated 2012-12-27@17:11 to reflect comments from TJ McIntyre] [edited introductory paragraphs at 20:34 2012-12-27 reflecting feedback from Aoife below, fair comment made and responded to] [Note: This has been posted today because RTE are doing a thing about “social media regulation” which means that levers are being pulled that need to be red flagged] I …
I was on the news this afternoon. The radio. So the world was spared my visage. My words were quick in response to rapid fire questions about why Europe v Facebook had announced they were suing Facebook in Ireland and their comments about the Irish Data Protection Commissioner. To put some clarity on my comments …
The Intro Robodialling, autodialling, power dialling. Call it what you will. It is the use of computers and computer telephony integration to save the tired fingers of call centre workers and turn the job into a battery farm of talk… pause.. talk. I know. I’ve worked with them. Heck, I designed the backend data management …
So, the Irish Government has decided – based it would seem solely on the analysis and advice of the Society for the Irish Motor Industry- to introduce a revised licence plate system for Irish cars starting from January of next year. The reasoning put forward is that fear of the number 13 will hamper car …
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Brian Honan (@brianhonan on twitter) has been keeping me (and the omniverse) updated via Twitter about the trials and tribulations of Wired.com columnist Matt Honan who was the subject of a Social Engineering attack on his Amazon, Apple, Gmail, and ultimately twitter accounts which resulted in every photograph he had of his young daughter being …
An Irish athlete is under investigation less than 24hrs into the Olympics arising from allegations that they, in effect, bet against themselves. An anonymous source became aware of the pattern of betting and notified the authorities. This blog post is being written to help media commentators avoid either putting their feet in it or wasting …
This is a challenge an old boss of mine used to set. He was an alpha male. The answer he was looking for was usually a variant of “lead†like “inspireâ€, “command†or “drinkâ€. But it is a good exercise to set yourself. This evening I was responding to an retweet of an article I …
At Apple’s WWDC conference this week nerds, fanbois and developers were greet by the news that Apple will be shipping iOS6 later in the autumn (or “fall†for non European readers). Among the features that Apple is touting are: Ditching Google Maps for its own mapping product and GPS tools More deeply integrating Facebook with …
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Over my morning coffee this morning I read this story from eConsultancy.com about the UK ICO beginning ‘soft enforcement’ of the ePrivacy regulations around cookies. Good news: They are starting to enforce the law. They will be taking a balanced approach. I assume that the letters will take the form of Information Notices and possibly …
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Dear Commissioner Reding, I’m writing to you as an EU Citizen who is passionate about data, is use, its quality, and its protection. I’m not writing to you as the Managing Director of a company that offers Data Protection training and consulting services, but in the interests of transparency I think it best to disclose …