Privacy Kit

Weinstein or Dutch supermarket chain? | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 46

December 1, 2019

Algorithmically-sized uniforms is a new one. The Department of Foreign Affairs appears to be under th December 1 · Issue #62 · View online Algorithmically-...

For the craic | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 45

November 24, 2019

The Public Services Card ages five years in the space of a few weeks. Amnesty condemns surveillance c November 24 · Issue #61 · View online The Public...

Less usable than Excel | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 44

November 17, 2019

A whole lot of facial recognition stories and some more peculiar pirouettes around the head of a pin November 17 · Issue #60 · View online A whole lot of...

We don't identify anyone, except when we do | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 43

November 10, 2019

A widespread compliance and supervision exercise; "approximately 204 advertising and tracking cookies November 10 · Issue #59 · View online A widespread...

The "They Are One, We Are Many" problem | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 42

November 3, 2019

Lots of commentary on facial recognition this week. The usual helping of slow-burning opaque chaos re November 3 · Issue #58 · View online Lots of commentary...

Agenda | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 41

October 28, 2019

Bank Holiday edition. The PSC trundles on, directionless, purposeless and always confusing. Has a bus October 28 · Issue #57 · View online Bank Holiday...

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October 20, 2019

From hackable wearable rosaries to facial recognition for porn, this week has it all. 😼 October 20 · Issue #56 · View online From hackable wearable rosaries...

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October 13, 2019

The Irish government undermines one of the most systemically important regulators in Europe, then see October 13 · Issue #55 · View online The Irish...

Winged Monkey Privacy Protest | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 38

October 6, 2019

The week in Mandatory But Not Compulsory things. Yet another attempt to break encryption. Being quite October 6 · Issue #54 · View online The week in...

"I am appealing all eight findings" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 37

September 29, 2019

Minister to contest everything, even findings that went in her favour, because sure why not? 😼 September 29 · Issue #53 · View online Minister to contest...

Megashambles | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 36

September 22, 2019

The PSC clowning around intensifies into something even more alarming. 😼 September 22 · Issue #52 · View online The PSC clowning around intensifies into...

In The Next Week Or So | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 35

September 15, 2019

The PSC clowning around continues. The timelines are stretched yet again. 😼 September 15 · Issue #51 · View online The PSC clowning around continues. The...

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September 8, 2019

Minister Regina Doherty has "incredibly strong" advice. She won't say what it is though. 😼 September 8 · Issue #50 · View online Minister Regina Doherty has...

"Vague, immature and short" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 33

September 1, 2019

Top tip: if you keep meaning to change and strengthen your passwords but can never quite find the tim September 1 · Issue #49 · View online Top tip: if you...

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August 25, 2019

A slight change in running order this week. Rest assured, your weekly helping of Futuendi Gratia is August 25 · Issue #48 · View online A slight change in...

Seosaimhín, We Hardly Knew Ye | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 30

August 18, 2019

We missed a birthday! The first issue of this newsletter went out on August 6th last year so thanks t August 18 · Issue #47 · View online We missed a...

Snowball | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 30

August 11, 2019

The GMI snowball trundles onward, catching up a government minister and a former senator as it goes. August 11 · Issue #46 · View online The GMI snowball...

Benediction | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 29

August 5, 2019

Bank Holiday edition. It was a busy week so let's crack on. 😼 August 5 · Issue #45 · View online Bank Holiday edition. It was a busy week so let’s crack on....

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July 28, 2019

"Ah sure don't mind us, we just went a bit mad for a while there" says state agency. What an evergree July 28 · Issue #44 · View online “Ah sure don’t mind...

"you should not surveil a baby" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 27

July 21, 2019

State authorities creating very large databases containing their citizens' personal data is not a goo July 21 · Issue #43 · View online State authorities...

"Google hasn’t done that because it would look creepy" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 26

July 14, 2019

A busy week so let's get straight into it. 😼 July 14 · Issue #42 · View online A busy week so let’s get straight into it.😼 An LPR-based startup called 5Thru...

Spot On | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 25

July 7, 2019

Amazon has a surprise for you. As does Sony. 😼 July 7 · Issue #41 · View online Amazon has a surprise for you. As does Sony.😼 When You Listen, They Watch:...

Illegal In Illinois | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 24

June 30, 2019

Plans, enforcement notices and some fines from supervisory authorities, gaslighting from Google, and June 30 · Issue #40 · View online Plans, enforcement...

Adtech Wreck | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 23

June 23, 2019

'What you're doing here is illegal. If we come back in six months' time and you're still doing this i June 23 · Issue #39 · View online ‘What you’re doing...

Fone Fun | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 22

June 16, 2019

A busy enough week for regulatory activity and we see how the entire infrastructure of a city can eas June 16 · Issue #38 · View online A busy enough week...

Ding-dong | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 21

June 9, 2019

Law enforcement agencies do the strangest things. 😼 June 9 · Issue #37 · View online Law enforcement agencies do the strangest things. 😼 Nothing to see here....

Barred | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 20

June 3, 2019

Yet another Bank Holiday edition. Hopefully the sun is shining wherever you are because it is here, f June 3 · Issue #36 · View online Yet another Bank...

"there’s no opt-out feature for your car" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 19

May 26, 2019

This was an especially busy week. The one year anniversary of the GDPR coming into effect prompted ma May 26 · Issue #35 · View online This was an especially...

"because Woody Harrelson did" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 18

May 19, 2019

Facial recognition was prominent yet again this week as the birthplace of surveillance capitalism, Sa May 19 · Issue #34 · View online Facial recognition was...

Never Say Never | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 17

May 12, 2019

The big platforms continue to get religion on privacy. The big platforms continue to confuse informat May 12 · Issue #33 · View online The big platforms...

Bins | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 16

May 6, 2019

May Bank Holiday edition, so plenty of reading if you have the time. 😼 May 6 · Issue #32 · View online May Bank Holiday edition, so plenty of reading if you...

Faceberg | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 15

April 28, 2019

Facebook didn't have the best of weeks, even by its extremely low standards. As The New York Times pu April 28 · Issue #31 · View online Facebook didn’t have...

Unintentionally Uploaded | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 14

April 22, 2019

Bank Holiday edition. Facebook has been peerless in its dissembling this week. Also a fair bit about April 22 · Issue #30 · View online Bank Holiday edition....

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April 14, 2019

A busy week. Facebook just kept right on Facebooking. As did everyone else. 😼 April 14 · Issue #29 · View online A busy week. Facebook just kept right on...

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April 7, 2019

Nervously, yet with a sense that her whole life had been building towards this moment, the chairperso April 7 · Issue #28 · View online Nervously, yet with a...

Not Smart | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 11

March 24, 2019

Yes, there was another Facebook incident during the week so we'll get it out of the way here. Notable March 24 · Issue #27 · View online Yes, there was...

"the pornographic equivalent of Mark Zuckerberg" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 10

March 18, 2019

Bank Holiday edition. Quite short. 😼 March 18 · Issue #26 · View online Bank Holiday edition. Quite short. 😼 UK online pornography age block triggers privacy...

"older people who no longer drive" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 9

March 10, 2019

The local extraction office of Chinese DNA mining firm WuXi NextCODE announces a partnership with Ire March 10 · Issue #25 · View online The local extraction...

Vassalage | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 8

March 3, 2019

The wonders of patent-trolling and the mysteries of journalism, the dangers of biometric databases an March 3 · Issue #24 · View online The wonders of...

"Absurd levels of incompetence" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 7

February 24, 2019

Much hilarity this week. Cameras and microphones in all sorts of unexpected places and when questione February 24 · Issue #23 · View online Much hilarity...

Reverse GDPR | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 6

February 17, 2019

In the very first issue of this newsletter we mentioned what the New Ross Standard described as a mov February 17 · Issue #22 · View online In the very first...

The Vulnerability Of Everything | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 5

February 10, 2019

Some actual good news this week. Though apologies in advance as it might be a bit geeky and down in t February 10 · Issue #21 · View online Some actual good...

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February 3, 2019

Are you going to San Francisco? We're going to San Francisco this week, very briefly. Not literally, February 3 · Issue #20 · View online Are you going to...

Iceman | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 3

January 27, 2019

A large fine arrived! Though it isn't at all large when compared to the money Google rakes in from it January 27 · Issue #19 · View online A large fine...

Ich liebe dich | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 2

January 20, 2019

Despite our editorial determination to mostly ignore Facebook's data misdeeds they simply keep on com January 20 · Issue #18 · View online Despite our...

"We can all blame GDPR" | The Cat Herder, Volume 2, Issue 1

January 13, 2019

And so we're back, from outer space. Hopefully you enjoyed the holiday period and the somewhat unsche January 13 · Issue #17 · View online And so we’re back,...

Hello Pravo Jazdy, My Old Friend | The Cat Herder, Volume 1, Issue 16

November 18, 2018

Welcome to Issue 16. We opened last week's newsletter as follows - "We do wish we didn't have to keep November 18 · Issue #16 · View online Welcome to Issue...

GDP-hair | The Cat Herder, Volume 1, Issue 15

November 11, 2018

Welcome to Issue 15. We do wish we didn't have to keep writing about Facebook but Facebook keeps doin November 11 · Issue #15 · View online Welcome to Issue...

"We are aware of data protection" | The Cat Herder, Volume 1, Issue 14

November 4, 2018

Welcome to Issue 14. Are you aware of data protection? 😼 November 4 · Issue #14 · View online Welcome to Issue 14. Are you aware of data protection? 😼 “Once...

Flu Germs | The Cat Herder, Volume 1, Issue 13

October 28, 2018

Welcome to Issue 13. Have you ever heard of Colgate University? We hadn't until a few minutes ago. It October 28 · Issue #13 · View online Welcome to Issue...