Archive (Page 3) • Privacy Kit • Buttondown

'Your tone of voice is “overbearing” or “irritated' | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 48

December 13, 2020

Amazon would like to give out to you about your tone of voice, the antitrust lawsuit finally lands on December 13 · Issue #112 · View online Amazon would...

Doing An Ethics | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 47

December 6, 2020

Iron rule #1: Google is always seeking more data to slurp. Facial recognition vendors attempt a pivot December 6 · Issue #111 · View online Iron rule #1:...

PRAM! MOW! ZOW! | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 46

November 29, 2020

The ad lads are at it again, Microsoft wants to score you, Amazon does a callback to an earlier era o November 29 · Issue #110 · View online The ad lads are...

The Department Declined | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 45

November 22, 2020

Department surprised, collecting locations, building profiling bridges, Taoiseach confirms law applie November 22 · Issue #109 · View online Department...

November 15, 2020

It seems to be Surveillance Week this week. Which it is every week in fairness. Possibly also Undermi November 15 · Issue #108 · View online It seems to be...

November 8, 2020

Reasonably brief this week because there's a lot of other stuff going on. But if you make it to the e November 8 · Issue #107 · View online Reasonably brief...

Fines, Discounted | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 42

November 1, 2020

After weeks of messing and insulting the intelligence of anyone who was paying attention the Irish st November 1 · Issue #106 · View online After weeks of...

October 26, 2020

Bank Holiday edition. Do Bank Holidays have any meaning any more? This week it's mostly the sadly all October 26 · Issue #105 · View online Bank Holiday...

“I understand, but I’m under instruction” | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 40

October 18, 2020

This week's accidental theme appears to be 'and governments wonder why people might not trust them wi October 18 · Issue #104 · View online This week’s...

Facebergstagram | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 39

October 11, 2020

The CJEU provides roughly the same answers to the latest round of member state questions about indisc October 11 · Issue #103 · View online The CJEU provides...

"new methods of spying on their employees" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 38

October 4, 2020

Yet another glitch. So many glitches and software that snitches. CCTV and Genuity. 😼 October 4 · Issue #102 · View online Yet another glitch. So many...

Drone goes BRRR. Privacy you can hear. | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 37

September 27, 2020

Brainwave monitoring, the giant brains at Facebook, people versus technology, Jack Russells versus te September 27 · Issue #101 · View online Brainwave...

Abomination | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 36

September 20, 2020

GMI again. Tony Abbot's Instagram. Re-identification ain't hard. Nor is medical confidentiality. This September 20 · Issue #100 · View online GMI again. Tony...

September 13, 2020

Leaks! Facebook! Judicial review! Sadly even adding exclamation marks can't make this exciting or any September 13 · Issue #99 · View online Leaks! Facebook!...

Somebody Else's Problem | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 34

September 6, 2020

ID cards are back, as is Tony Blair. The statutory body tasked with monitoring the safety and quality September 6 · Issue #98 · View online ID cards are...

August 30, 2020

Number plates and quiet scrapping of discriminatory data processing are themes this week. Also a devi August 30 · Issue #97 · View online Number plates and...

Flipchart | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 31

August 23, 2020

A showdown with fairness approaches for the department of education, the coronopticon continues expan August 23 · Issue #96 · View online A showdown with...

"we intend to order them to redo the awarding of grades" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 31

August 16, 2020

A PSC anniversary; when is automated decision-making not automated decision-making; more facial recog August 16 · Issue #95 · View online A PSC anniversary;...

"Caveat donor" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 30

The listening devices are still listening. A racist algorithm gets its comeuppance. The questions abo August 9 · Issue #94 · View online The listening...

Speedrun | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 29

Bank Holiday edition. The Sideshow Bob Rake Department is back with a bang. It's been almost two year August 3 · Issue #93 · View online Bank Holiday...

"a whole new level of bad" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 28

This week the analysis of the Schrems II judgment continued, with some of the wishful thinking about July 26 · Issue #92 · View online This week the analysis...

Schrems. Yes. But other things too. 😼 July 19 · Issue #91 · View online Schrems. Yes. But other things too.😼 “The Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS)...

Questions | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 26

An app appears. The number of accidental data controllers grows. The things they're doing become more July 12 · Issue #90 · View online An app appears. The...

Streetlights | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 25

The encryption debate which never entirely goes away is back, the HSE gets a C+ and discussions on fa July 5 · Issue #89 · View online The encryption debate...

"every few keystrokes" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 24

Documentation, reports, accidental data controllers. It's been a busy week. 😼 June 28 · Issue #88 · View online Documentation, reports, accidental data...

Identifiable | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 23

It's ten weeks since the growth of prospective Covid-related surveillance technologies prompted the a June 21 · Issue #87 · View online It’s ten weeks since...

Probity | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 22

A pause here, a pause there. 😼 June 14 · Issue #86 · View online A pause here, a pause there. 😼 Babylon Health admits GP app suffered a data breach - BBC...

“madness (or is it Wilmslow?)” | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 21

In Ireland the police are testing the contact tracing app. In the UK they won't touch it. In the US t June 7 · Issue #85 · View online In Ireland the police...

Civic Duty | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 20

Another locked down Bank Holiday edition. The General Data Protection regulation turned two. The auth June 1 · Issue #84 · View online Another locked down...

"a nice app for people who like apps" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 19

The HSE's grasp of some very basic principles is missing; some more action from the DPC; evidence tha May 24 · Issue #83 · View online The HSE’s grasp of...

What Does It Do? How Does It Work? | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 18

Latest on the HSE app: not much more detail. We still don't know what it will and won't do, nor do we May 17 · Issue #82 · View online Latest on the HSE app:...

"I dunno, werewolves?" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 17

Latest on the HSE app: Government tight-lipped. So no change from the default setting there. Elsewhe May 10 · Issue #81 · View online Latest on the HSE app:...

Sorcerer's Apprentices | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 16

Bank Holiday edition, if anyone is still keeping track of such things. This week's title is courtesy May 4 · Issue #80 · View online Bank Holiday edition, if...

This week's title taken from graffiti which is apparently popping up in all corners of the world. 😼 April 26 · Issue #79 · View online This week’s title...

Demanding Transparency Requirements | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 14

A weird standards war rages; the HSE coughs up a couple of sentences describing its contact tracing a April 19 · Issue #78 · View online A weird standards...

Forced Data Octopus | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 13

Bank Holiday edition, for those of you who are still keeping track of which day is which. Two main th April 13 · Issue #77 · View online Bank Holiday...

Coronopticon | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 12

Marriott, Zoom, Morrisons, the Coronopticon. 😼 April 5 · Issue #76 · View online Marriott, Zoom, Morrisons, the Coronopticon.😼 Personal details for the...

More tracking plans, some of which are swiftly denied, download this app or else, operators being lea March 29 · Issue #75 · View online More tracking plans,...

You Can't Donate Other People's Personal Data | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 10

Surveillance as a (predictable) solution emerges, and spreads. After far too long it turns out the Pu March 22 · Issue #74 · View online Surveillance as a...

(Not) The Safest Place On The Internet | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 9

Some truly impressive breaches. The Public Services Card (again). Genomics Medicine Ireland (again). March 15 · Issue #73 · View online Some truly impressive...

"an irreparable error" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 8

The Clearview AI story seems endless and bottomless. In regulatorville some fines are issued and a pu March 8 · Issue #72 · View online The Clearview AI...

A Clear View | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 7

The listening devices keep on listening. Who's using facial recognition? Anyone who can get a free tr March 1 · Issue #71 · View online The listening devices...

February 23, 2020

The Data Protection Commission published its 2019 annual report. Europe flip-flopped on facial recogn February 23 · Issue #70 · View online The Data...

"a bunch of cowboys" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 5

February 16, 2020

Due to an abundance of vote count watching there was no newsletter last week. Apologies for the unsch February 16 · Issue #69 · View online Due to an...

Data protection =/= Privacy | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 4

February 2, 2020

Hidden defibrillators; one facial recognition lawsuit leaves, another one enters; tracking and tradin February 2 · Issue #68 · View online Hidden...

"80% of them stopped all background tracking by apps" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 2

January 26, 2020

Last week it was facial recognition and this week it's also facial recognition. There's so much facia January 26 · Issue #67 · View online Last week it was...

January 19, 2020

Amid the usual collection of 'what on earth were they thinking?' we are glad to bring you a ray of li January 19 · Issue #66 · View online Amid the usual...

"significant deficits in terms of logic and consistency" | The Cat Herder, Volume 3, Issue 1

January 12, 2020

Happy New Year one and all. Reviewing last year's newsletters showed a few broad themes which ran thr January 12 · Issue #65 · View online Happy New Year one...

December 15, 2019

This is the last Cat Herder of 2019. Time permitting, there might be a special year in review type th December 15 · Issue #64 · View online This is the last...

So Many Awards | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 47

December 8, 2019

The enforcement notice for the PSC arrives. The National Children's Hospital will come armed to the t December 8 · Issue #63 · View online The enforcement...