6 truths about the chat control debate

The reality of child safety and encryption

Oct 17 • 

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The EU AI Act and sensitive data

One of the key ways that AI governance and data protection intersect

Oct 10 • 

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2

September 2025

Simple principles for good data protection

Some truths and some myths about protecting personal data

Sep 26 • 

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3

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Why do AI governance at all?

Do hard things first and do them well

Sep 19 • 

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3

Is pseudonymised data personal data? (Part 2)

An analysis of the Court's verdict in EDPS v SRB

Sep 12 • 

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Some fundamentals of AI governance

Or at least what I think it takes to manage AI properly

Sep 5 • 

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1

August 2025

On data security and data breaches

What is required for data security under the GDPR

Aug 29 • 

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1

AI as leviathan

Hobbes and algorithms

Aug 22 • 

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3

3 thoughts on GPT-5

What next for AI

Aug 15 • 

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1

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What is a legitimate interest under the GDPR?

Some thoughts on a recent CJEU case on this legal basis for data processing

Aug 8 • 

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1

What do LLMs actually understand?

Maybe not as much as some seem to think

Aug 1 • 

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1

July 2025

The European Commission's GPAI guidelines are out

And what they mean for AI engineers

Jul 25 • 

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