Minor correction: It’s Section 3(4) of the Road Traffic Act

None shall pass.

Here’s the slide pack from the time I got the late #LarryEnglish to do an Information Quality Masterclass in Dublin back in 2006.

In March next year I’ll be helming another #DataLeaders Summit in Wexford (summit.castlebridge.info).

Doing a tidy in my office at home (instead of doing the research that was scheduled today). Found this from almost 16 years ago.
I did two talks at this conference. One on #DataQuality and #DataProtection and another on #DataQuality and #Strategy.

Content still 100% relevant today!

Bluntly: this is illegal. It violates a very fundamental principle in #GDPR and in #DataGovernance - separation of duties / independence of DPO.

There’s case law and extensive guidance on this principle under GDPR

So, this is how the holder of the post of Information Commissioner in the U.K. response to a valid comment by a highly respected #DataProtection expert when invited to comment on “what does privacy mean to you”.

Not exactly the kind of response you’d expect.

I occasionally look at the cookie banner behaviour of sites that people *have* to use. This is the site of Ireland’s National Car Testing Service.
It pre-ticks boxes for consent (illegally) and then you can’t actually set those choices and have to click accept to move on (invalid consent). #GDPR