Many thanks you great guys at ⁦@EE⁩ for adopting a customer authentication / privacy screening policy that is secure and easy to follow - and a for a replacement TV set box that has arrived well in time for this weekend’s footie!!

Busy busy busy - a data protection practitioner with three full-time jobs!

Browsing through the list of accredited trainers for IAPP certifications, I was bemused to see this outfit which calls itself Privacy Matters. They should not be confused with the great Pat Walshe, whose @PrivacyMatters tweets have educated & entertained us for many years.

I'm thinking of starting a new business - selling rarely used vintage data protection clothing - like these old jackets!

An excellent 634 page read for anyone planning a quiet summer holiday. I managed it in two sittings.

Police forces should not be expected to protect the empty homes of our politicians, however many homes they have or however important they think they once were. Like oligarchs and drug dealers, they ought to pay private security teams to protect their properties.

25 open vacancies at @ICOnews - one of which is potentially offering almost £150k. Will the DCMS - or the orgs that fund the ICO - throw a hissy fit at the salaries on offer? Yet the ever increasing complexity of DP (and AI) laws require people with special abilities.

Srinkflation by stealth? The old 600g tub of @SunPatOfficial peanut butter now only contains 570g. Not happy. I still want to buy a 600g tub.

The openAI CEO is not currently addressing the US Congress. Instead the CEO is listening to an array of politicians making speeches. I’m looking forward to a time when they might start asking questions.

Powell voting instructions are a little confusing: at step B you have to put the paper in envelope A. Then at step D it all goes into envelope B. Why not use terms like step 1,2,3&4 and envelope A&B?

I was so excited before I opened th packet and realised how few cakes I’ve bought!

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