🔥 The Data Protection Manifesto: basic ideas every tech professional should be familiar with. I'll share more in my newsletter (subscribe!) and my paper on the topic. Happy data protection day!

The DPC has produced a booklet that contains 126 of its case studies from the first five years of the GDPR, which show how the DPC approaches complaints. See lnkd.in/eRJkVqSp.

Yes - our podcast is now available on Amazon Music (link below). I'm really looking forward to getting going with the main series from next week, but we had a lot of fun talking about the origins of Data Protection Day, why it's not Data Privacy Day, and what we have coming up!

🚨 GROUNDBREAKING PAPER ALERT: check out "The Developing Law of AI: A Turn to Risk Regulation" by Margot Kaminski, Professor at Colorado Law. Important quotes below: "Risk regulation is regulation that aims to mitigate risks. It often is overseen and enforced by an expert agency

Jaw-dropping stuff. #PostOfficeScandal

I'm sure it will be a great relief to those who get your podcasts from iTunes to know that the Spoonful of Data podcast is now set up there, ahead of our "proper" launch this weekend. The episodes are short (c. 15 mins) so do please take a listen and let me know what you think!

"Representatives from EU member states unanimously voted Friday to advance the Artificial Intelligence Act, paving the way for a paradigm-shifting set of rules that will influence how AI is governed in the region and around the world." (via Caitlin Andrews 📇 and Jed Bracy, IAPP)

Professor Munafo calls the situation a perfect storm. If only! The perfect storm hits when AI is trained on bogus science articles which melt seamlessly into our new collective truth, the components of which are wholly untraceable. Marcus Munafò Robin McKie Joanna J Bryson

Are you a busy C-suite who is worried about #AI #Governance but don't know where to start? A colleague and I have started a weekly podcast of short (c. 15 mins) episodes, tackling the topic a spoonful at a time. This week: "What is AI?" podbean.com/ew/pb-3qe57-15…

Given the news Master McCloud is leaving the judiciary, an example here of her ability to explain and even entertain. An all-too-rare example of a judge who can make a ruling accessible without dumbing down. caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2023/1…

🚨EXCELLENT PRIVACY & AI PAPER ALERT: Prof. Daniel J. Solove has recently published "Artificial Intelligence and Privacy," and you can't miss it. Interesting quotes below: "Privacy laws generally do not mandate that a site protect against scraping. It is up to organizations to

For the next episode of our @aspoonfulofdata podcast, we're going to be talking about fictional AI's. What's your favourite? Please let us know on this 2 minutes survey and we might just talk about them on the episode! #AI #whatareyoudoingdave #illbeback blocksurvey.io/movie-and-tv-p…

It's just so important to see things from a different angle. So here is how an IT helpdesk experienced the #Crowdstrike outage. 🧵 Please, read this even if you no interest in IT or know nothing about it. It doesn't matter. It's about appreciation for those who keep us going.