The KoolAid is being quaffed in great quantities this week in Dublin. And, having run national and international conferences in the Data Protection and Data Quality fields, I have to respect the achievement of the organisers of the Dublin Web Summit for putting together an impressive event that showcases the level of innovation and thought …
Dublin Web Summit, Data Protection, Data Quality, and Brand Read More »
I love Lego. The fact that my Facebook avatar is a sinister looking “Liago†man from a Chinese clone of the famous Lego System is a little personal in-joke (and I’d love to see what their facial recognition makes of that). But I also love my daughter, who is bright, imaginative, and creative. And I …
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 …
Triskaidekaphobia Cars and Information Economics Read More »
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 …
The CAI (@the_cai on twitter), not to be confused with that famous venture capital firm based in Langley Virginia, the CIA, has today announced that it wants people who have been affected by the Ulster Bank IT outage in recent weeks to provide personal data to them for the purposes of starting a Class Action …
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 …
Problem Statement The Irish Government is tripping over itself to win FDI from the new ‘Big Data’ enterprises. Whether it is promoting Ireland as a perfect location for Data Centres (it is, apparently we’re in a temperate Goldilocks zone) or chasing flagship investments in European headquarters for companies such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Zynga Games, Twitter, …
Support your Local Sheriff–why the DPC needs us to help them help us. Read More »
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 …
Why Apple’s iOS6 changes mean increased work for Irish Data Protection Commissioner Read More »
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 …
An Enforcement Reality supporting my “Penalty Points” idea Read More »