A wonk across the rooftops
I was honoured to advise BBC Scotland's Disclosure team on a recent documentary about children's online privacy.
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Recent media quotes and talks
Links to media quotes, articles, and talks I've given in the past year, mostly in a professional capacity for my previous employer, on the Online Safety Bill as well as on various post-Brexit UK privacy issues.
The UNICEF Manifesto on better governance of children’s data
Over the past year, I had the privilege of contributing to a UNICEF manifesto on the better governance of children's data. I'm thrilled to finally announce that the manifesto has been published.
Facebook Derangement Syndrome
A status update from the front lines of tech policy.
What the Schrems II ruling means for Brexit
I wrote in my Brexit blog about Schrems II, data protection adequacy, and pots calling kettles black. I was also quoted in Techcrunch, the Telegraph, and Digital Privacy News.
Quoted in Digital Privacy News
I spoke with Digital Privacy News about the German antitrust case which ruled that Facebook must allow users to opt-out of data sharing across its platforms.
Check your privacy privilege.
If you are a full time privacy professional in law or academia, you need to understand that one of your fundamental beliefs about online privacy is completely wrong.
Safeguarding children’s privacy – the right way
When I retired from open source projects in February, I did so with more than a little curiosity about what new opportunities would come up to fill the void. That’s how life works, after all. Here is the first one.
The biggest threat to children’s privacy
Yesterday I had the misfortune of discovering an appalling violation of children's privacy rights: a piece of keylogging stalkerware being sold as a "safeguarding" tool for parents, packaged in a hysterical scare story about sexting.
Press coverage: Google Brexits
I spoke with Business Insider about the political context behind Google’s decision to move UK accounts out of the EU’s jurisdiction. I also spoke with TechCrunch about the issue from a slightly different angle. One of my tweets about the issue was retweeted by Neil Gaiman, who now owes me a new phone battery.
Interview on privacy and WordPress with WPBuilds
In July I sat down with Nathan Wrigley from WP Builds for a chat about open source, privacy, politics, and open source privacy politics. The interview has now been published here, along with a full transcript. I couldn’t have picked a nicer person to speak with.
A Smashing talk and my big announcement
This month I was honoured to speak at Smashing Conference Freiburg in Germany, where I closed out the event with a talk about developing privacy-conscious projects. You can view the slides here, and the video is here.