Enda Kenny found himself slightly ambushed on the news last night (6-One News on RTE) by Bryan Dobson. At the end of a segment about the trials and tribulations of Brian Cowen, Enda was asked about the problems that have befallen the FG website. Enda’s response was telling on a number of fronts. He indicated …
It looks like there’s been some rework done on the FG website to address Data Protection concerns. This good and is to be commended. It is also in line with how the Data Protection Commissioner works with organisations who have compliance issues. However, issues did exist prior to yesterday which will continue to present challenges …
I’ve written a new post over on my business website that looks at some of the issues that have been raised by TheJournal.ie in an article today. I won’t rehash the whole thing here – please follow the link to read the full post on the other site. Suffice it to say, there is a …
In the rush to adopt new technologies and new ways of working, particularly When an organisation embarks on a change to systems and processes it is often very easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of enthusiasm for the new technology and the promised benefits of new ways of working. Nearly 2 years ago …
Thanks to Jim Harris over at OCDQBlog.com I came across Wordle, which creates word clouds (like tag clouds) based on text content. Here’s a link to the Word Cloud for this blog. I think the theme of my personal blogging is clear from this image… Not a great post to start 2011, but there is …
So, I’ve recently invested in a new laptop for work. I got it on Tuesday. Today I noticed that the “J” key on the keyboard had come loose. That’s after less than a week of average use in my home office. The laptop hasn’t been out on the road (yet) and as it is performing …
I’ve just written a new article over on the company website about Director’s liability for data security breaches. An expert in the Sunday Business Post over the weekend was waving a big stick at Company Directors saying that they could become liable for prosecution for security breaches if Ireland transposes the Convention on Cybercrime into …
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Via the Twitters I came across this absolutely brilliant video of Bruce Schneier talking about data privacy (that’s the American for Data Protection). Bruce makes some great points. One of the key points that overlaps between Data Protection and Information Quality is where he tells us that Data is the pollution problem of the Information …
Data protection and Information Quality are linked in a number of ways. At one level, the EU Directive on Data Protection (95/46/EC) describes the underlying fundamental principles of Data Protection as “Principles for Data Quality”. While that is great pub quiz content, it helps to be able to make some more pragmatic and practical links …
This post was originally published in August 2010 on the Irish Computer Society’s Data Protection blog. It has been republished here as it is my original work and I’m trying to get all my Data Protection musings in one place. Some links have been updated to point to different targets here and on my company’s …
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