Tag Archives: privacy

Searching for People

Posted on August 16, 2023 by way0utwest

Inside Redgate Software, someone posted a picture and was asking if anyone knew who the person was. In this case, there had been a conversation at an event, and a picture was taken, but our employee couldn’t remember the individual’s … Continue reading →

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Using Data Masker on Chinese Surnames

Posted on May 26, 2023 by way0utwest

A customer had a question recently on masking Chinese characters. I thought that was interesting, so decided to test this out. This is a short post on using SQL Data Masker to accomplish this task, but I’ll a longer one … Continue reading →

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Losing Track of Data

Posted on January 25, 2023 by way0utwest

I saw this article a few months ago, which talks about engineers at Facebook not knowing where their customers’ personal data is stored. The engineers were being questioned in a legal matter, where they were asked to definitively state where … Continue reading →

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Location Data Is Not Anonymous

Posted on October 4, 2021 by way0utwest

We are truly in the era of big brother and 1984, where any of us can be tracked if we use a mobile device. That’s a scary thought and one that many people might not like. There are plenty of … Continue reading →

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