Privacy made practical.
Sharp, honest writing on privacy and data protection. From the trenches, for the trenches.
Latest writing
View all →The Consent Theatre of Cookie Banners
16 Apr 2026I advise organisations on cookie compliance.
Parsing Your ChatGPT History with a Second AI
3 Apr 2026I exported 503 conversations from ChatGPT.
From GPT-3.5 to Claude Code: What 500 Conversations Taught Me About AI
25 Mar 2026How a privacy professional went from sceptic to daily user, then quietly walked away — and what happened next.
About
I'm a practising Data Protection Officer with a legal background and experience across heavily regulated industries. I've spent years building privacy programmes, managing incidents, and navigating the gap between what the law says and what organisations actually do.
I write because most privacy content is either painfully corporate or hopelessly academic. There's a space in between for honest, practical thinking about data protection — the kind of writing I wished existed when I was starting out. This site is that space.
Off the clock
“There’s no point in fighting against nature or in seeking to become what you can’t.”
from In Praise of Whimsy — The Stoic Manual
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