Duncan Smith
@icompli.bsky.social
Privacy-led marketing, Fellow CIM, speaker/panelist, trainer, lecturer, Global Data Protection Officer (DPO), experienced and pragmatic mentor for marketing regulatory compliance, AI ethics and Microsoft SSPA. Got some badges :) CIPP/E, FCIM, CPL/IR(A)
I believe this will only grow. I think RayBan may ‘woe the day’ they jumped into bed with Meta.
this!
In terms of what’s understood to be socially acceptable behavior, normalizing the filming/taking pictures of people in public who are minding their own business (and putting it online) is one of the worst developments of the past 15 years.
December 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I believe this will only grow. I think RayBan may ‘woe the day’ they jumped into bed with Meta.
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Today’s 120 million euro fine against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) will be spun as a decision against “free speech.” It’s not. (1/7) #digitalservicesact #dsa #dsa ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Today’s 120 million euro fine against X under the Digital Services Act (DSA) will be spun as a decision against “free speech.” It’s not. (1/7) #digitalservicesact #dsa #dsa ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
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I missed this decision.
The General Court ruled that the controller’s employees cannot be regarded as ‘recipients’, as referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR. See curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
The General Court ruled that the controller’s employees cannot be regarded as ‘recipients’, as referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR. See curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I missed this decision.
The General Court ruled that the controller’s employees cannot be regarded as ‘recipients’, as referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR. See curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
The General Court ruled that the controller’s employees cannot be regarded as ‘recipients’, as referred to in Article 15(1) of the GDPR. See curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
How does this work when some countries are banning social media for U16s? Perhaps we should teach children the benefits of ‘avatar’ accounts and uBlock Origin?
Does #Ofcom recognize the trade offs with privacy, commercialization & exposure to marketing when it praises BBC kids programming shown on Google YouTube. Feeding UK kids into the commercial surveillance Gen AI marketing machine. www.c21media.net/news/ofcom-e...
C21Media
HOME TO THE INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY
www.c21media.net
December 2, 2025 at 8:04 AM
How does this work when some countries are banning social media for U16s? Perhaps we should teach children the benefits of ‘avatar’ accounts and uBlock Origin?
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Viral social media posts have made a number of claims about how pension contributions are saved and spent.
But their sums are wrong, and they misunderstand how the state pension works.
But their sums are wrong, and they misunderstand how the state pension works.
Viral Facebook pension posts get maths wrong again – Full Fact
Widely shared social media posts about state pensions misunderstand how they work and get their sums wrong.
fullfact.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Viral social media posts have made a number of claims about how pension contributions are saved and spent.
But their sums are wrong, and they misunderstand how the state pension works.
But their sums are wrong, and they misunderstand how the state pension works.
Digital Omnibus Day!
If you're a DPO spanning UK and EU digital realms, DUAA statistical cookies will have been giving you a headache.
Now, it looks like we can co-ordinate on deployment of our #CMP and have one set of #analytics cookies drop regardless of where the site visitor is from.
If you're a DPO spanning UK and EU digital realms, DUAA statistical cookies will have been giving you a headache.
Now, it looks like we can co-ordinate on deployment of our #CMP and have one set of #analytics cookies drop regardless of where the site visitor is from.
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Digital Omnibus Day!
If you're a DPO spanning UK and EU digital realms, DUAA statistical cookies will have been giving you a headache.
Now, it looks like we can co-ordinate on deployment of our #CMP and have one set of #analytics cookies drop regardless of where the site visitor is from.
If you're a DPO spanning UK and EU digital realms, DUAA statistical cookies will have been giving you a headache.
Now, it looks like we can co-ordinate on deployment of our #CMP and have one set of #analytics cookies drop regardless of where the site visitor is from.
Wikipedia and ChatGPT at risk from ‘controversial’ ruling about book summaries and copyright infringement
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/10/c...
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/10/c...
Copyright Winter is Coming (to Wikipedia?)
This is a guest post by Matthew Sag, Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science at Emory University Law School. It was originally posted here, a…
www.authorsalliance.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Wikipedia and ChatGPT at risk from ‘controversial’ ruling about book summaries and copyright infringement
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/10/c...
www.authorsalliance.org/2025/11/10/c...
One to watch in the ongoing AI versus Copyright laws
red panda, Book3 and other illegal book sources involved.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71662...
red panda, Book3 and other illegal book sources involved.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71662...
Tanzer v. Salesforce, Inc., 3:25-cv-08862 - CourtListener.com
Docket for Tanzer v. Salesforce, Inc., 3:25-cv-08862 — Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
One to watch in the ongoing AI versus Copyright laws
red panda, Book3 and other illegal book sources involved.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71662...
red panda, Book3 and other illegal book sources involved.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71662...
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EU about to trash its digital human rights legacy; even trades see Digital Omnibus as "not just a tune-up — it is a broad re-opening of Europe’s privacy framework...[will] Accelerate AI-driven optimization and targeting...more processing could occur without explicit consent." bit.ly/4pfJZou
Ad Tech Briefing: Digital Omnibus is about to land — here’s what it means for GDPR, and the future of ad targeting
Europe's Digital Omnibus could redefine data rules — and shift power in digital advertising.
bit.ly
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
EU about to trash its digital human rights legacy; even trades see Digital Omnibus as "not just a tune-up — it is a broad re-opening of Europe’s privacy framework...[will] Accelerate AI-driven optimization and targeting...more processing could occur without explicit consent." bit.ly/4pfJZou
“I wish I had done that”. Can I recommend the podcast ‘Masters of Privacy’. I’d be churlish not to :)
Great content that resonates with my ‘world’ and perhaps yours too.
Now to think about some great content to get invited on to the show.
www.mastersofprivacy.com?utm_medium=p...
Great content that resonates with my ‘world’ and perhaps yours too.
Now to think about some great content to get invited on to the show.
www.mastersofprivacy.com?utm_medium=p...
Masters of Privacy | Sergio Maldonado | Substack
Interviews and updates at the intersection of marketing, data, privacy, and technology. With an eye on a human-centric, demand-led future in which transparency, control, and personal agency play a cru...
www.mastersofprivacy.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“I wish I had done that”. Can I recommend the podcast ‘Masters of Privacy’. I’d be churlish not to :)
Great content that resonates with my ‘world’ and perhaps yours too.
Now to think about some great content to get invited on to the show.
www.mastersofprivacy.com?utm_medium=p...
Great content that resonates with my ‘world’ and perhaps yours too.
Now to think about some great content to get invited on to the show.
www.mastersofprivacy.com?utm_medium=p...
AI and Copyright still have a long way to go before we have an agreed position. Here's the latest challenge under French jurisdiction to follow.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
France creative sector brings copyright action against Meta under EU AI Act
Several French publishing associations filed a joint legal complaint on Wednesday against Meta for its alleged unauthorized use of copyrighted work to train its generative artificial intelligence, con...
www.jurist.org
March 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
AI and Copyright still have a long way to go before we have an agreed position. Here's the latest challenge under French jurisdiction to follow.
www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
www.jurist.org/news/2025/03...
A long road ahead, but promising?
Voss and Schrems team up to propose three-layered GDPR revision
Voss and Schrems team up to propose three-layered GDPR revision
www.euractiv.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
A long road ahead, but promising?
UK House of Lords debate this month very clear that Copyright and AI was an opt-in issue, not opt-out. Is the UK set to become a global safe-haven for creative development?
Significant move on #AI and #copyright: today, the Commission has launched a tender for a feasibility study for the development of a central registry for right holders to express their opt-outs under the Text and Data Mining exemption.
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
EU Funding & Tenders Portal
The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur...
ec.europa.eu
February 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
UK House of Lords debate this month very clear that Copyright and AI was an opt-in issue, not opt-out. Is the UK set to become a global safe-haven for creative development?
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"The national conversation has rightly focused on affordability. But these conversations are incomplete without addressing one of the root causes: the unchecked collection, use and sale of our personal data"
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social & @mepriestley.bsky.social's op-ed: vtdigger.org/2025/02/04/r...
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social & @mepriestley.bsky.social's op-ed: vtdigger.org/2025/02/04/r...
Opinion — Rep. Monique Priestley and Caitriona Fitzgerald: Why data privacy is the key to unlocking affordability
We need to demand transparency, accountability and, ultimately, control over our data.
vtdigger.org
February 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"The national conversation has rightly focused on affordability. But these conversations are incomplete without addressing one of the root causes: the unchecked collection, use and sale of our personal data"
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social & @mepriestley.bsky.social's op-ed: vtdigger.org/2025/02/04/r...
@caitrionafitz.bsky.social & @mepriestley.bsky.social's op-ed: vtdigger.org/2025/02/04/r...
Baroness Kidron doing a great job of protecting children’s IP in the #DUABill
No forced EdTech consent please!!
Heaven forbid my ‘scribbles’ on the ‘Wyf of Bathe’ ends up in a GenAI tool 🤣
No forced EdTech consent please!!
Heaven forbid my ‘scribbles’ on the ‘Wyf of Bathe’ ends up in a GenAI tool 🤣
January 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Baroness Kidron doing a great job of protecting children’s IP in the #DUABill
No forced EdTech consent please!!
Heaven forbid my ‘scribbles’ on the ‘Wyf of Bathe’ ends up in a GenAI tool 🤣
No forced EdTech consent please!!
Heaven forbid my ‘scribbles’ on the ‘Wyf of Bathe’ ends up in a GenAI tool 🤣
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📃 In bills, members asked the government to think again on data collection by public bodies, cyber security, and scientific research exceptions for data reuse.
🔽 Find out more about the #DataBill
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
🔽 Find out more about the #DataBill
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
Further checks of Data (Use and Access) Bill on Lords agenda
Members discuss digital identification documents as report stage begins. Catch up
www.parliament.uk
January 24, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📃 In bills, members asked the government to think again on data collection by public bodies, cyber security, and scientific research exceptions for data reuse.
🔽 Find out more about the #DataBill
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
🔽 Find out more about the #DataBill
www.parliament.uk/business/new...
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ICO’s just published its guidelines on “Consent or Pay” models. See ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
January 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
ICO’s just published its guidelines on “Consent or Pay” models. See ico.org.uk/about-the-ic...
It's a little off topic (privacy and all that) but those who know; know. Mishell's thread was a genuine 'uplift' in my day. Maybe in yours too?
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It's a little off topic (privacy and all that) but those who know; know. Mishell's thread was a genuine 'uplift' in my day. Maybe in yours too?
Feeling powerless? Yeh, me too. Perhaps reposting sites like this will help fullfact.org/latest/
Latest fact checks - Full Fact
Full Fact is the UK’s independent fact checking organisation
fullfact.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Feeling powerless? Yeh, me too. Perhaps reposting sites like this will help fullfact.org/latest/
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🚨 In a new paper in @NatureComms, we propose a scaling law for identification technologies, from browser and device fingerprinting 🌐 to facial recognition 📸 and stylometry ✍️.
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
January 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
🚨 In a new paper in @NatureComms, we propose a scaling law for identification technologies, from browser and device fingerprinting 🌐 to facial recognition 📸 and stylometry ✍️.
A thread 🧵:
A thread 🧵:
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Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
Mad at Meta? Don't Let Them Collect and Monetize Your Personal Data
If you’re fed up with Meta right now, you’re not alone. Meta tracks you across millions of websites and apps and its business model relies on your data. If you want to limit Meta’s ability to collect ...
www.eff.org
January 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fed up with Meta? Avoiding Instagram or Facebook isn’t enough to stop Meta from harvesting and profiting from your private information. Here’s how to limit Meta’s ability to monetize your personal data.
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Exciting #privacy news out of the MA State House this week! Numerous legislators introduced strong privacy bills, including some based on model bills EPIC has released. #mapoli
epic.org/massachusett...
epic.org/massachusett...
Massachusetts Legislators Introduce Strong Comprehensive Privacy Bills
epic.org
January 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Exciting #privacy news out of the MA State House this week! Numerous legislators introduced strong privacy bills, including some based on model bills EPIC has released. #mapoli
epic.org/massachusett...
epic.org/massachusett...
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Harm!
January 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Harm!
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Sensible statement, from a former Meta Trust & Safety lead.
Amplification is an algorithm issue. Which means it's a data issue, because recommender algorithms need intimate data about users.
We need GDPR Article 9 enforced.
Explainer-> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Amplification is an algorithm issue. Which means it's a data issue, because recommender algorithms need intimate data about users.
We need GDPR Article 9 enforced.
Explainer-> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
January 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Sensible statement, from a former Meta Trust & Safety lead.
Amplification is an algorithm issue. Which means it's a data issue, because recommender algorithms need intimate data about users.
We need GDPR Article 9 enforced.
Explainer-> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...
Amplification is an algorithm issue. Which means it's a data issue, because recommender algorithms need intimate data about users.
We need GDPR Article 9 enforced.
Explainer-> www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024...