Daragh @ Castlebridge
@castlebridge-chief.bsky.social
CEO at Castlebridge (https://castlebridge.ie). Also on Mastodon (https://mastodon.ie/@CastlebridgeChief) Talks about data from the business perspective. Doing a doctorate in #DataGovernance because life just wasn’t busy enough. Also: Aikido keeps me sane.
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1.94K Posts, 180 Following, 473 Followers · MD of Castlebridge (castlebridge.ie). Info Governance, Privacy, Ethics, & Quality. My book with Katherine O'Keefe here bit.ly/2I8sG93 ICS Fellow, CDMP IAPP ...
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Obligatory #HelloWorld.
Mothballed things on #Birdsite a while ago, active on #Mastodon (mastodon.ie/@Castlebridg...)
Once I find a decent client for posting from multiple accounts across multiple platforms normal service will resume.
Mothballed things on #Birdsite a while ago, active on #Mastodon (mastodon.ie/@Castlebridg...)
Once I find a decent client for posting from multiple accounts across multiple platforms normal service will resume.
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Thought: if AVS Group have not even bothered responding to #ofcom *AT ALL* then should we not be asking:
WHO THE HELL IS REGULATING ALL OF THE #AGEVERIFICATION DATA THAT AVS IS COLLECTING, AND WHY IS THAT NOT OFCOM'S PRIMARY CONCERN?
WHO THE HELL IS REGULATING ALL OF THE #AGEVERIFICATION DATA THAT AVS IS COLLECTING, AND WHY IS THAT NOT OFCOM'S PRIMARY CONCERN?
Ofcom: “I can levy vasty £1m fines upon Porn!” Internet: “So can I, so can any regulator; but will they pay when you levy them?”
https://alecmuffett.com/article/133522
#AvsGroup #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #ofcom #porn #shakespeare
https://alecmuffett.com/article/133522
#AvsGroup #OnlineSafety #OnlineSafetyAct #ofcom #porn #shakespeare
Ofcom: “I can levy vasty £1m fines upon Porn!” Internet: “So can I, so can any regulator; but will they pay when you levy them?”
This will be interesting: Ofcom have imposed a headline-grabbing fine on “AVS Group” for £1 million — plus a second fine of £50,000 — for dereliction under the Online Safety Act. The fi…
alecmuffett.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Thought: if AVS Group have not even bothered responding to #ofcom *AT ALL* then should we not be asking:
WHO THE HELL IS REGULATING ALL OF THE #AGEVERIFICATION DATA THAT AVS IS COLLECTING, AND WHY IS THAT NOT OFCOM'S PRIMARY CONCERN?
WHO THE HELL IS REGULATING ALL OF THE #AGEVERIFICATION DATA THAT AVS IS COLLECTING, AND WHY IS THAT NOT OFCOM'S PRIMARY CONCERN?
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How's that working for T-Mobile customers?
When I read this quote to Quintin, he laughed and dismissed it with a seven-letter word.
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
“If having to report to somebody what their cybersecurity posture is makes them less secure, then they had terrible cybersecurity,” he said.
www.cnet.com/home/interne...
Internet Providers Can Monitor Their Own Cybersecurity Standards, Says Trump’s FCC
In what the Electronic Frontier Foundation calls a "terrible idea," the Federal Communications Commission has rescinded the requirement for telecom companies to issue yearly cybersecurity reports.
www.cnet.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
How's that working for T-Mobile customers?
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american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 PM
american reporters, you've got to call bullshit on this. vance, purveyor of hate/propaganda, wants the public to believe rules on, for instance, transparency in advertising and forms of deception on X are censorship.
don't fall for it.
don't fall for it.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The Commission’s plan to delay the AI Act’s high-risk regime is facing serious questioning from EU governments. Countries are questioning the Commission’s discretion to set new deadlines and demanding clear criteria for predictability.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
EU countries question proposed approach for delaying AI Act’s key duties | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
A planned delay for key EU AI Act duties has come under question from member states, which warn that the European Commission's proposed approach lacks clear criteria, predictability and sufficient inv...
www.mlex.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Commission’s plan to delay the AI Act’s high-risk regime is facing serious questioning from EU governments. Countries are questioning the Commission’s discretion to set new deadlines and demanding clear criteria for predictability.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
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EU Members have cautioned that the proposed GDPR's new personal data definition, intended to streamline GDPR, may weaken rights safeguards and complicate data transfers (see @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social and Júlia Tar at www.mlex.com/mlex/article...).
EU data rules revision risks weakening protections, enforcement, govts warn | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
The EU's new definition of personal data in its drive to simplify the bloc's data protection law could undermine safeguards of rights, complicate transfer rules, and put added strain on supervisory au...
www.mlex.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
EU Members have cautioned that the proposed GDPR's new personal data definition, intended to streamline GDPR, may weaken rights safeguards and complicate data transfers (see @lucabertuzzi.bsky.social and Júlia Tar at www.mlex.com/mlex/article...).
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🗣️ Last week, Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Dolan participated in the panel "It’s All About the Bots: Generative AI and the Next Generation”, hosted by Bird & Bird Ireland in their Dublin offices.
🤖 The panel explored the protection of children in the AI era and the need for a child-centric approach.
🤖 The panel explored the protection of children in the AI era and the need for a child-centric approach.
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🗣️ Last week, Deputy Commissioner Jennifer Dolan participated in the panel "It’s All About the Bots: Generative AI and the Next Generation”, hosted by Bird & Bird Ireland in their Dublin offices.
🤖 The panel explored the protection of children in the AI era and the need for a child-centric approach.
🤖 The panel explored the protection of children in the AI era and the need for a child-centric approach.
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Oh here's some new fresh hell: The IAPP claims I signed up to receive multiple training and other marketing / study guide spam within the last two days.
Except that I didn't consent to anything -- remember, I was just creating the new account. So that means they opted me in to marketing spam.
Except that I didn't consent to anything -- remember, I was just creating the new account. So that means they opted me in to marketing spam.
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Oh here's some new fresh hell: The IAPP claims I signed up to receive multiple training and other marketing / study guide spam within the last two days.
Except that I didn't consent to anything -- remember, I was just creating the new account. So that means they opted me in to marketing spam.
Except that I didn't consent to anything -- remember, I was just creating the new account. So that means they opted me in to marketing spam.
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Gallery of shame on producing AI propaganda bilge here: Nick Hopkins, Rob Booth, Amy Hawkins, Dara Kerr, Dan Milmo. The Guardian is going to be so ashamed of itself when the GenAI bubble bursts.
FFS no, no, no, this is not happening with genAI. All it will do is make results worse. The ouroboros eating its own tail. This is the grift desperately trying to keep the promise alive and the cash coming in www.theguardian.com/technology/n...
‘The biggest decision yet’: Jared Kaplan on allowing AI to train itself
Anthropic’s chief scientist says AI autonomy could spark a beneficial ‘intelligence explosion’ – or be the moment humans lose control
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Gallery of shame on producing AI propaganda bilge here: Nick Hopkins, Rob Booth, Amy Hawkins, Dara Kerr, Dan Milmo. The Guardian is going to be so ashamed of itself when the GenAI bubble bursts.
Oh boy @iapp.bsky.social reregistration process is utterly borked. On the phone with @priva.cat comparing notes.
It’s a great case study of an Article 32 GDPR breach IMO.
It’s a great case study of an Article 32 GDPR breach IMO.
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Oh boy @iapp.bsky.social reregistration process is utterly borked. On the phone with @priva.cat comparing notes.
It’s a great case study of an Article 32 GDPR breach IMO.
It’s a great case study of an Article 32 GDPR breach IMO.
Hmm. Looking at #MyFutureFund registration for @castlebridge.bsky.social. T&C’s have some painful spelling mistakes and the privacy notice doesn’t meet the requirements of Article 13 GDPR.
This is simple stuff. But at least they disclose use of Google tag manager.
This is simple stuff. But at least they disclose use of Google tag manager.
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hmm. Looking at #MyFutureFund registration for @castlebridge.bsky.social. T&C’s have some painful spelling mistakes and the privacy notice doesn’t meet the requirements of Article 13 GDPR.
This is simple stuff. But at least they disclose use of Google tag manager.
This is simple stuff. But at least they disclose use of Google tag manager.
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People of Ireland, we all need to agree on one hashtag and stick to it. Just because we have a divided island, doesn’t mean we have to have a divided Bluesky.
#SpeirGorm #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #SpareGurram
#SpeirGorm #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #SpareGurram
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
People of Ireland, we all need to agree on one hashtag and stick to it. Just because we have a divided island, doesn’t mean we have to have a divided Bluesky.
#SpeirGorm #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #SpareGurram
#SpeirGorm #SpéirGorm #SpéirGhorm #SpareGurram
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Keeping myself centered by thinking about Hulk skanking to the heavy heavy monster sound of Madness.
July 2, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Keeping myself centered by thinking about Hulk skanking to the heavy heavy monster sound of Madness.
Accenture saying the quiet bit out loud: Reinventor = putting glitter on the client’s watch before renting it back to them. www.ft.com/content/6689...
Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI
Move follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’
www.ft.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Accenture saying the quiet bit out loud: Reinventor = putting glitter on the client’s watch before renting it back to them. www.ft.com/content/6689...
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three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The World Still Hasn’t Made Sense of ChatGPT
OpenAI’s chaos machine turns three.
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:07 PM
three years ago today ChatGPT launched. so i wrote about its legacy (for now). (turns out a whole hell
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
of a lot happened in just 3 years) www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just a heads up with all the Christmas markets and fairs on at the moment - if you see art or art-based pieces for sale, ask who the artist is, because the amount of people deceptively slapping "made locally" on pieces locally farted out by their computer and a genAI prompt is getting depressing
This is a sad story of local government stupidity killing a business I bought off as a kid (destroyed at least one tablecloth with hot metal spilling out of moulds) - and I finally got to their visitor centre with my own kid a few years ago. shop.princeaugust.ie
November 29, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is a sad story of local government stupidity killing a business I bought off as a kid (destroyed at least one tablecloth with hot metal spilling out of moulds) - and I finally got to their visitor centre with my own kid a few years ago. shop.princeaugust.ie
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Even if we find a way that science itself survives this, trust in science is something much more fickle. I don’t think scientists have understood how important and fragile the public‘s trust in their work really is. They trust us to be accurate and transparent, but we’re not. How can we fix this?
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November 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Even if we find a way that science itself survives this, trust in science is something much more fickle. I don’t think scientists have understood how important and fragile the public‘s trust in their work really is. They trust us to be accurate and transparent, but we’re not. How can we fix this?
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Asked about this after my conference talk on AI yesterday, I said the system was already broken (pay-to-publish, exploitation by publishers, write-only papers, reviewer shortage and quality reduction) and that AI has "merely" accelerated the need to address this ...
The AI slop paper in Nature Scientific Reports will apparently be retracted. That’s a good and necessary first step. Let’s talk about what else to do.
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On the Factor Fexcectorn and autism bicycle AI slop study: I got an answer from Springer Nature this morning that this scientific paper will be retracted! 🧪
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
Full story: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the...
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Asked about this after my conference talk on AI yesterday, I said the system was already broken (pay-to-publish, exploitation by publishers, write-only papers, reviewer shortage and quality reduction) and that AI has "merely" accelerated the need to address this ...
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Good morning, happy Freya's day. Tis black Friday and shopping done. (Not sale related) wet and miserable day out, so gonna binge watch StrangerThings from s01. Have a wonderful and stressfree day ☕️ 🖖 🐯
November 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Good morning, happy Freya's day. Tis black Friday and shopping done. (Not sale related) wet and miserable day out, so gonna binge watch StrangerThings from s01. Have a wonderful and stressfree day ☕️ 🖖 🐯
It’s a pain in the arse when people are faced with “gold plated” EU legislation.
Oh.. wait… no. It’s the Dept of Justice that wants to put bulk interception and monitoring of businesses and domestic internet use into the legislation transposing NIS2 Directive.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Oh.. wait… no. It’s the Dept of Justice that wants to put bulk interception and monitoring of businesses and domestic internet use into the legislation transposing NIS2 Directive.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
'No justification' for State data-collection powers in proposed bill, say experts
The National Cyber Security Bill will also give “extremely wide” internet-blocking powers to the State's cyber security unit if passed, the director of Digital Rights Ireland has warned.
www.irishexaminer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
It’s a pain in the arse when people are faced with “gold plated” EU legislation.
Oh.. wait… no. It’s the Dept of Justice that wants to put bulk interception and monitoring of businesses and domestic internet use into the legislation transposing NIS2 Directive.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Oh.. wait… no. It’s the Dept of Justice that wants to put bulk interception and monitoring of businesses and domestic internet use into the legislation transposing NIS2 Directive.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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This is my 6th year posting this same message. Black Friday is a nonsense with often pretend discounts on stuff you probably don’t need. We’ll do as we always do at this time and increase the 1% of all income we give to Women’s Aid to 10% on web sales over the weekend. Fuck Black Friday. #speirgorm
November 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is my 6th year posting this same message. Black Friday is a nonsense with often pretend discounts on stuff you probably don’t need. We’ll do as we always do at this time and increase the 1% of all income we give to Women’s Aid to 10% on web sales over the weekend. Fuck Black Friday. #speirgorm
10 years ago today I was doing a #DataProtection compliance audit for a client who got very irked when I pointed out that (amongst other things) their orange text on brown background branding was an accessibility nightmare for colour blind people as I had to use CTRL+F to find text on their website.
November 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
10 years ago today I was doing a #DataProtection compliance audit for a client who got very irked when I pointed out that (amongst other things) their orange text on brown background branding was an accessibility nightmare for colour blind people as I had to use CTRL+F to find text on their website.
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I swear, Google scraping the contents of your emails AND direct messages for Gemini without opt-in is the thin end of the wedge. When companies destroy trust, they destroy themselves.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I swear, Google scraping the contents of your emails AND direct messages for Gemini without opt-in is the thin end of the wedge. When companies destroy trust, they destroy themselves.
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I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!
Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren't More People Impressed With AI?
Mustafa Suleyman, Microsoft's head of AI, vents after the company receives backlash for saying 'Windows is evolving into an agentic OS.'
uk.pcmag.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I dunno, buddy, maybe if it didn't encourage young folks to kill themselves, or drink all the potable water, or pollute the Infoverse with fallacies, or add glue to recipes, or be that guy who lies rather than admits a mistake, or, and this is important, buddy, or IF WE WERE GIVEN A FUCKING CHOICE!