If I get one more email telling me that “GDPR means we have to ask you to opt-in” I think I’m going to go postal. Let’s do this slowly, and this time with feeling. Marketing (and fundraising) emails are covered by the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulation 2003. That’s right, a 15-year-old piece of legislation. … Continue reading GDPR: you’re all getting it wrong
Category: Law
Y2K wasn’t a rip-off; neither is GDPR
If 60’s and 70’s programmers had anticipated that their code would still be in use thirty-odd years later, we wouldn’t have needed a massive effort to fix the installed codebase before the century rolled over. But they didn’t, and we did. A lot of money was spent. The world didn’t end on the 1st of … Continue reading Y2K wasn’t a rip-off; neither is GDPR
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality
Plutarch said it, so it must be true. “What is this?”, I hear you cry. “Have I stumbled upon some new age contemplative dribble when I was looking for sound advice on cyber-security?”. Well, no. Firstly, Plutarch is hardly new-age and secondly that’s all the philosophy you’re getting. This post is actually about Morrisons. There: … Continue reading What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality
Big fines aren’t the big deal
Uber decided to double-down in its race to the moral bottom. Not content with spying on customers, misleading regulators, employing sex-pests and generally having a toxic corporate culture, the taxi-subsidy service tried to conceal a hack that breached the personal details of more than 57m people, including drivers as well as riders. Much is being … Continue reading Big fines aren’t the big deal
You’re in trouble no-o-o-w…
The Equifax mega-breach has now led to two UK regulators investigating the same cock-up. The ICO obviously jumped in straight away, as you'd expect, but now the FCA has turned up to the party, bottle of cheap Bulgarian red from the corner shop in sweaty hand, hoping there's still some cake left. This will be fun. … Continue reading You’re in trouble no-o-o-w…
Article 9 – it’s not just a number
So today we have the news that a top plastic surgery outfit has been breached by hackers. Included in the haul: before and after pictures of celebrities’ improved nether regions. Never thought I’d be able to include labiaplasty as a keyword in this blog. Hard to think of anything more intrusive by way of data … Continue reading Article 9 – it’s not just a number
Yay! No more “our team” pages
I’ve been re-reading the Article 29 Working Party’s report on workplace monitoring. I mean, who’d be rockstar when you can have my life? Anyway, I thought this section merited reproduction in full: 5.8 Processing operations involving disclosure of employee data to third parties It has become increasingly common for companies to transmit their employees’ data … Continue reading Yay! No more “our team” pages
