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An Update | The Cat Herder
February 19, 2023
As you may have noticed The Cat Herder has not appeared in your inbox for the last few weeks. This is due to unavoidable and unexpected personal issues which...
A Cybernetic Frankenstein | The Cat Herder, Volume 6, Issue 02
January 22, 2023
Microsoft’s chief privacy officer Julie Brill is quoted in the New York Times piece in the What We’re Reading section below as saying “The Netherlands...
Going Around | The Cat Herder, Volume 6, Issue 01
January 15, 2023
Happy New Year. A reasonably short one to ease back into the swing of things. Facial recognition, data breaches, tracking, surveillance. All the usual. The...
Season Five Finale | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 49
December 18, 2022
As the year wends its way to an end and there isn’t all that much news this isn’t really an issue at all. Just a quick note to say thank you for subscribing...
Reality Rudely Intrudes | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 48
December 11, 2022
More sanctions for Facebook, the Irish state’s struggles with data protection continue, you’ll more than likely be better off not letting Amazon track your...
A Lot Of Article 65 | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 47
December 4, 2022
Yet more Facebook with the promise of even more next week, and the Sideshow Bob Rake Department returns with an end-of-year reprise of some of its greatest...
Repair Snooping | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 46
November 27, 2022
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TikTok Surprise | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 43
November 6, 2022
AN IMPORTANT HOUSEKEEPING NOTEAs many of you are no doubt aware, the platform used to deliver this ne November 6 · Issue #205 · View online AN IMPORTANT...
"not designed for privacy" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 42
October 31, 2022
Bank Holiday edition. Surveillance advertising business models are incompatible with privacy and data October 31 · Issue #204 · View online Bank Holiday...
Location Location Location | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 41
October 23, 2022
Smart meters, unjustified and non-transparent retention by the Gardaí, location data, the Catholic ch October 23 · Issue #203 · View online Smart meters,...
Pawn Shop | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 40
October 16, 2022
Surveillance as a nifty motoring accessory, darker and darker patterns, maybe we shouldn't be giving October 16 · Issue #202 · View online Surveillance as a...
"Cheap CGI Beef Jerky" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 39
October 9, 2022
An issue shot through with a strong sense of déjà vu . 😼 October 9 · Issue #201 · View online An issue shot through with a strong sense of déjà vu . 😼 “Plus...
"bloody useless" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 38
October 2, 2022
TikTok may be fined in the UK. The HSE may eventually get around to informing people it lost their pe October 2 · Issue #200 · View online TikTok may be...
A Digital Beat Cop | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 37
September 25, 2022
To lose one server may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose two looks like carelessness. To lose fort September 25 · Issue #199 · View online To lose one...
Indiscriminate Rifling | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 36
September 18, 2022
Underfunded regulators, DNA, a decision and a binding decision. Lots to read this week. 😼 September 18 · Issue #198 · View online Underfunded regulators,...
Metaphysical Meta | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 35
September 11, 2022
The Ad Lads go to Luxembourg, another large fine for Meta. More profiling and more surveillance from September 11 · Issue #197 · View online The Ad Lads go...
Out Of Curiosity | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 34
September 4, 2022
A bit of this, a bit of that, a bit of the other. Data brokers getting a bit bothered by the prospect September 4 · Issue #196 · View online A bit of this, a...
Google Goes Bing. Or Bzzt. | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 33
August 28, 2022
Whistleblowing. Data breaches. Committees. Cosmetics. Is a scan a search? 😼 August 28 · Issue #195 · View online Whistleblowing. Data breaches. Committees....
Anti-Party Technology | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 32
August 21, 2022
At some point in the near future we may be able to determine what happens when someone wearing a conn August 21 · Issue #194 · View online At some point in...
Forensic Kop Shop | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 31
August 14, 2022
It feels as if it must be at least a fortnight since we've had some good old-fashioned underhanded Fa August 14 · Issue #193 · View online It feels as if it...
Enhanced Contextual Data | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 30
August 7, 2022
A significant CJEU judgment involving context, what the London authorities call enhanced contextual d August 7 · Issue #192 · View online A significant CJEU...
Free Coffee And A Doughnut | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 29
August 1, 2022
Lots of regulatory bits and bobs, cops and DNA, whatever became of the largest fine imposed to date u August 1 · Issue #191 · View online Lots of regulatory...
Field Trip | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 28
July 24, 2022
This week's acronyms: MEPs on tour, an MLA reprimanded, GCHQ and the NCSC are A-OK with client-side July 24 · Issue #190 · View online This week’s acronyms:...
The Cat Herder
July 17, 2022
Tiktok backtracks, the Online Safety Bill falters, the DPC is urged to act and the household listenin July 17 · Issue #189 · View online Tiktok backtracks,...
"The pattern in Ireland is unsettling" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 26
July 10, 2022
More data retention. Continued lawlessness. A very large data breach. TikTok's legitimate interests. July 10 · Issue #188 · View online More data retention....
The Cat Herder
July 3, 2022
Some entirely normal behaviour from the Irish state as it attempts to bring its data retention regime July 3 · Issue #187 · View online Some entirely normal...
Appletartman | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 24
June 26, 2022
Safeguards against unlawful access to personal data can be of little use when the law changes. But it June 26 · Issue #186 · View online Safeguards against...
"deploying phrenology onto the British internet" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 23
June 19, 2022
Some watching as well as some reading. A facial recognition story from the world of Australian retail June 19 · Issue #185 · View online Some watching as...
"if you use it in the right way" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 22
June 12, 2022
A government-mandated pregnancy database, retailers gleefully creating their own pregnancy databases June 12 · Issue #184 · View online A government-mandated...
The Cat Herder
June 6, 2022
Bank Holiday Edition. Facial recognition, Facebook, more facial recognition, Tim Hortons. 😼 June 6 · Issue #183 · View online Bank Holiday Edition. Facial...
A hundred child abductions a week? | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 20
May 29, 2022
If you can't trust a cutesy duck then who can you trust? Can you trust the Gardaí to reponsibly use f May 29 · Issue #182 · View online If you can’t trust a...
A Smile Or A Wave | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 19
May 22, 2022
Faces and payments, Google and lawsuits, adtech and accidents. 😼 May 22 · Issue #181 · View online Faces and payments, Google and lawsuits, adtech and...
Leaky Forms | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 18
May 15, 2022
Surveillance on wheels. Surveillance in the skies. Surveillance in the online form you didn't finish May 15 · Issue #180 · View online Surveillance on...
"(census etc)" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 17
May 8, 2022
Data brokers and more data brokers and data brokers yet again. Both international and local. The curi May 8 · Issue #179 · View online Data brokers and more...
Headwinds | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 16
May 2, 2022
A lot of Facebook. Is Captain Samuel Ramsel real? 😼 May 2 · Issue #178 · View online A lot of Facebook. Is Captain Samuel Ramsel real? 😼 Eibhlís Nic Gearailt...
Smile At The Incomplete Data Protection Notice | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 15
April 24, 2022
A peculiar interpretation of a CJEU judgment, the tracking and surveillance continues to scale up, so April 24 · Issue #177 · View online A peculiar...
Mega Database | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 14
April 18, 2022
Bank Holiday edition. And shorter than usual. 😼 April 18 · Issue #176 · View online Bank Holiday edition. And shorter than usual.😼 “Students shouldn’t have...
Orb Operators | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 13
April 10, 2022
The Orb is back, banks are sanctioned, AirTags are used for sinister purposes, the European Commissio April 10 · Issue #175 · View online The Orb is back,...
An Eye To The Horizon | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 12
April 3, 2022
Busy regulators, biometric releases, fake law enforcement requests, the AI Act and more. 😼 April 3 · Issue #174 · View online Busy regulators, biometric...
Not Too Pushy | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 11
March 27, 2022
There was a big announcement about trans-Atlantic data transfers which contained precious little of s March 27 · Issue #173 · View online There was a big...
Record Keeping | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 10
March 20, 2022
Metabook is fined for record keeping, or so it claims. The Ad Lads pretend to struggle with the meani March 20 · Issue #172 · View online Metabook is fined...
The Cat Herder
March 13, 2022
The world is full of stores of personal data and legions of chancers using any means possible to get March 13 · Issue #171 · View online The world is full of...
"creating cat NFTs out of your genetic data" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 08
March 6, 2022
The undying rage of the local elected representatives, a surveillance oven, the gig surveillance econ March 6 · Issue #170 · View online The undying rage of...
Balls | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 07
February 27, 2022
Ending anonymity to vanquish the trolls, an annual report from the DPC and a mysterious web of stalke February 27 · Issue #169 · View online Ending anonymity...
Words and Wordle | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 06
February 20, 2022
Does anything mean anything any more? Is nothing, not even a beloved word game, sacred? *shakes fist February 20 · Issue #168 · View online Does anything...
"Your phone camera will track your eyeballs" | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 05
February 13, 2022
A couple of trips down memory lane as some US lawmakers claim US intelligence agencies might be illeg February 13 · Issue #167 · View online A couple of...
The Cat Herder
February 6, 2022
A decision, finally, on the lawfulness of the clouds of dust thrown up by the ad lads around their tr February 6 · Issue #166 · View online A decision,...
High-fives and Handstands | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 03
January 30, 2022
An unplanned data-sharing / further processing / 'my data is going where?' special. The strange rage January 30 · Issue #165 · View online An unplanned data-...
If You've Nothing To Fear You've Nothing To Fear | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 02
January 23, 2022
A Junior Minister speaks! When he really shouldn't have. 😼 January 23 · Issue #164 · View online A Junior Minister speaks! When he really shouldn’t have. 😼...
It Should Be Required Reading | The Cat Herder, Volume 5, Issue 01
January 16, 2022
Happy New Year all. Hopefully you all had a good break over the holiday period. There's been a surpri January 16 · Issue #163 · View online Happy New Year...
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