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Cablegate

Hi there! I’m Richard, newest addition to the cadre of Grid-Tools bloggers. Grid-Tools employ me as a “Technical Writer;” in practice, my job is all about explaining our products, the ideas they encapsulate, and the context in which they operate. I’ve only been around for a few weeks, but I’m enjoying it: not just because it’s a pleasant place to work, but because I understand the very real problems that the company is trying to solve. Unlike so many projects in the enterprise space, ours aren’t mere buzzwords and blown smoke. Our pitch doesn’t include the phrase “empowering synergies in your solution portfolio.” I have my fingers crossed that it never will, at least while I’m the one providing copy for the sales brochures…

Enough about me. Let’s talk about “cablegate.”

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Using data masking to create 'anonymous' datasets

Yesterday morning I woke to find an interesting article in ‘The Observer’ about anonymizing or masking personal data records. This turned out to be somewhat ironic considering I wrote two blogs on this very topic just last week! The article, written by Anushka Asthana (Policy Editor), discussed the concerns around using data masking or “anonymization [...]

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