Tag Archives: data privacy

The Challenge of Deleting Data

Posted on January 23, 2023 by way0utwest

We collect a lot of data in our databases. Not as much in bytes as a lot of the video/audio/TikTok/Instagram sites, but still enough that many of us are constantly adding storage to our systems. All this data is not … Continue reading →

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The Chief Data Officer

Posted on March 16, 2022 by way0utwest

I don’t know if I’d be a chief, but I am glad that more companies are recognizing that data is one of the most valuable assets in most companies and starting to hire Chief Data Officers (CDO) to manage governance … Continue reading →

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The Test Mistake

Posted on March 2, 2022 by way0utwest

Last year a company was testing their software in a dev/test environment and accidentally sent out an “Integration email” to their customers.  They blamed this on an intern, though a little jokingly, and plenty of people shared their own stories … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #144–Data Governance

Posted on November 9, 2021 by way0utwest

This month’s topic is something I wouldn’t have considered a decade ago. Especially in the US, this isn’t something that I’d actually have cared about for most of my career. Even when companies talked about governance, it was more a … Continue reading →

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