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That's A Wrap | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 49

December 19, 2021

As promised last week, here's a collection of highs and lows from the last year in rough chronologica December 19 · Issue #162 · View online As promised last...

Resolution Of Proceedings | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 48

December 12, 2021

The unexpected end of Act I of the Public Services Card saga. Other regulator news. Next week's newsl December 12 · Issue #161 · View online The unexpected...

"The international optics here are appalling" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 47

December 5, 2021

Predictive modelling. An always-on camera. Crunch time for the one-stop shop? And to wrap up, an edit December 5 · Issue #160 · View online Predictive...

The Ultimate Goal | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 46

November 28, 2021

Adtech action. Well, kind of. A public consultation on the sharing of health data. A hearing date is November 28 · Issue #159 · View online Adtech action....

Jigglers | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 45

November 21, 2021

A lot of Amazon. The unintended consequences of counterfactualism. Jigglers. 😼 November 21 · Issue #158 · View online A lot of Amazon. The unintended...

"top of the list of most-used passwords" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 44

November 14, 2021

A breach and a small fine, a breach and a large fine, the Department of Children's difficulties with November 14 · Issue #157 · View online A breach and a...

Counterfactual | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 43

November 7, 2021

State surveillance, clashing transparency reports and a counterfactual cost-benefit analysis. 😼 November 7 · Issue #156 · View online State surveillance,...

October 31, 2021

No, data protection isn't out to kill anyone. But you wouldn't know what an inscrutable orb might hav October 31 · Issue #155 · View online No, data...

October 25, 2021

Bank Holiday edition. Which also happens to be a bit of an inadvertent - but short - facial recogniti October 25 · Issue #154 · View online Bank Holiday...

October 17, 2021

Pay with your face goes live in Moscow's Metro system, don't take pictures of the Big Board in the po October 17 · Issue #153 · View online Pay with your...

"the most egregious of a very bad bunch" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 39

October 10, 2021

Facial recognition, a bit of Facebook, fundamental rights. 😼 October 10 · Issue #152 · View online Facial recognition, a bit of Facebook, fundamental...

October 3, 2021

Last week it was Jamaica, this week it's a mandatory but not compulsory biometric identity scheme in October 3 · Issue #151 · View online Last week it was...

"a recipe for salmon and avocado salad" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 37

September 26, 2021

The Department of Children must have the most well-staffed and well-trained information unit in the e September 26 · Issue #150 · View online The Department...

Despicable, patronising, discriminatory | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 36

September 19, 2021

WhatsApp appeals. Anonymised data rarely is anonymised. The Department of Children flounders around a September 19 · Issue #149 · View online WhatsApp...

Glassholes Redux | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 35

September 12, 2021

The Facebook spy glasses were announced and Glassholes everywhere (presumably) rejoiced. The assembly September 12 · Issue #148 · View online The Facebook...

A Needlessly Frustrating Exercise | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 34

September 5, 2021

Fines. Lobbyists. Guns. An Apple about turn. It's practically a Warren Zevon song this week. 😼 September 5 · Issue #147 · View online Fines. Lobbyists. Guns....

"get used to living in a regulatory crisis" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 33

August 29, 2021

Another investigation into the PSC, the UK diverges, there'll be a response "in due course". 😼 August 29 · Issue #146 · View online Another investigation...

August 22, 2021

A couple of lessons for the Irish state this week, a week in which we also celebrate the second anniv August 22 · Issue #145 · View online A couple of...

UnSafeGraph | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 31

August 15, 2021

Surveillance and tracking and more surveillance and yet more tracking. Also a sports club which felt August 15 · Issue #144 · View online Surveillance and...

"very pedantic academics" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 30

Apple announced a thing so large it dwarfed all the rest of the week's news. In far less surprising n August 8 · Issue #143 · View online Apple announced a...

Our Intimate Enemy | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 29

Bank Holiday edition. Very Large Fines, finally, and more of the usual, naturally. 😼 August 2 · Issue #142 · View online Bank Holiday edition. Very Large...

Minister to Minister | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 28

A report, an apparent leak of many, many phone numbers, a DPIA that's MIA. 😼 July 25 · Issue #141 · View online A report, an apparent leak of many, many...

"the glacial game of GDPR enforcement" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 27

An urgency procedure is deemed not urgent but "a matter of priority" nonetheless, the BBC deploys ill July 18 · Issue #140 · View online An urgency procedure...

"detected one student 1100 times!” | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 26

Full-stack failure to give effect to data subject rights in the public sector, the CSO doesn't feel i July 11 · Issue #139 · View online Full-stack failure...

Officially Adequate | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 25

Facebook pages, facial recognition, the adequacy fudge. 😼 July 4 · Issue #138 · View online Facebook pages, facial recognition, the adequacy fudge.😼 The DPC...

"creepy talking doorball spy" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 24

People in Massachusetts and Costa Rica are surprised to be reminded their pocket computers ultimately June 27 · Issue #137 · View online People in...

Unprecedented | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 23

Extraordinarily broad powers for Gardaí in a new draft Bill, an adtech court case, corporate spying h June 20 · Issue #136 · View online Extraordinarily...

Misadvised | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 22

It's the Department of Determined Not To Learn Anything again. It's the NHS data grab again. On the p June 13 · Issue #135 · View online It’s the Department...

"a roulade made entirely of human ears" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 21

Bank Holiday edition. This week's title is courtesy of Marina Hyde. 😼 June 7 · Issue #134 · View online Bank Holiday edition. This week’s title is courtesy...

Loose Flashcards Sink Safeguards | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 20

"So there is no way to give a third party app your location and not Google?" The naiveté of those who May 30 · Issue #133 · View online “So there is no way...

Intransigence | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 19

Some glitches in the surveillance devices, an 'inadvertent' leak (as opposed to a deliberate one?) an May 23 · Issue #132 · View online Some glitches in the...

Christ On A Bike | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 18

It was a very good week for crackpot proposals from Irish politicians. Not such a good week for Faceb May 16 · Issue #131 · View online It was a very good...

'Twas a week of announcements, among other things. Microsoft announced it will allow data controllers May 9 · Issue #130 · View online ‘Twas a week of...

Relevant Ads Save Lives | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 16

Bank Holiday edition. Get the most relevant ads or people could die. Get the most relevant ads or Fac May 3 · Issue #129 · View online Bank Holiday edition....

Normalize | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 15

Databases and digital certs, DPIAs and DPOs, the Department of Health investigates itself and finds t April 25 · Issue #128 · View online Databases and...

False Or Misleading | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 14

Finally, some Article 80 action. Finally, some movement towards improved transparency and accessibili April 18 · Issue #127 · View online Finally, some...

C-19 1GC | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 13

All data leaks eventually. 😼 April 11 · Issue #126 · View online All data leaks eventually. 😼 quantified (br)other @hypervisible Same story over and over and...

Bank Holiday edition. All the old favourites are back. Facebook, the Irish state in the form of the D April 5 · Issue #125 · View online Bank Holiday...

Normal Practice | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 11

The Irish state does it again. I have nothing remotely witty to add here. 😼 March 28 · Issue #124 · View online The Irish state does it again. I have nothing...

Sleep Event Data | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 10

Google finally stops dithering and labels up, the Green Pass is coming, templates bite Túsla once aga March 21 · Issue #123 · View online Google finally...

Breaches, facial recognition, vaccination passports. All the usual suspects. 😼 March 14 · Issue #122 · View online Breaches, facial recognition, vaccination...

Spillage | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 8

Sorry abut the unscheduled absence last week. This week you get two weeks of pratfalls for the price March 7 · Issue #121 · View online Sorry abut the...

Still A Problem Six Years Later | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 7

February 21, 2021

Biometric registers, vaccination passports, draft adequacy decisions, TikTok complaints. It's been a February 21 · Issue #120 · View online Biometric...

"a broken, surreptitious industry in desperate need of regulation" | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 6

February 14, 2021

Clearview again, Clubhouse again. Metaphysics from the Irish Prison Service: if a ̶t̶r̶e̶e̶ ̶f̶a̶l̶l February 14 · Issue #119 · View online Clearview again,...

February 7, 2021

Solving problems caused by the use of technology with more technology, Clearview disagrees, licences February 7 · Issue #118 · View online Solving problems...

January 31, 2021

Secret settlements and stolen health data, biometric data deletions and facial recognition guidelines January 31 · Issue #117 · View online Secret...

Unpause | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 3

January 24, 2021

The Irish state puts something down in writing which it has long resisted doing, more surveillance sp January 24 · Issue #116 · View online The Irish state...

January 17, 2021

A shorter issue this week (and more than likely next week too) due to some entirely unforeseen person January 17 · Issue #115 · View online A shorter issue...

Mandatory And Also Mandatory | The Cat Herder, Volume 4, Issue 1

January 10, 2021

Happy New Year to you all. Some entirely predictable developments in Singapore, some of the same old January 10 · Issue #114 · View online Happy New Year to...

December 20, 2020

This is the last Cat Herder of 2020. The first Cat Herder of 2020 had a quick summary of the main the December 20 · Issue #113 · View online This is the last...