Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 28-1-2024 — Data Privacy Day.

28th January, 2024: Data Privacy Day.

Yes: it’s officially Sunday.

And frankly?

I’ve turned the radio off: Radio Four’s Sunday morning services can be a touch loud!

It’s now … um … … 

Quiet.

I might have to put the radio back on, in a bit!

~≈Ç≈~

Oh … I’ve managed to pick up a few (cheap) bits and bobs from Amazon.

Including a (cheap) new webcam.

One that — in theory — can record in 4k.

That might be useful.

Another thing?

Was a cheap copy of Orwell’s “Politics and the English Language”.

OK, I know it was an essay he wrote, and published in a magazine called Horizon.

But I wasn’t expect it to be quite so small.

Even given that?

It’s still, like so much of the man’s work, very quotable!

“When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases […] one often has a curious feeling that one is not watching a live human being but some kind of dummy”.

“Politics and the English Language”, George Orwell*.

~≈Ç≈~

Let’s move on, shall we?


Yesterday’s Teaser saw Olga†, Mum‡ and Debbi§ putting in their answers: with everyone scoring five out of five.

Let’s see how everyone does with today’s questions, shall we?

Here they are, along with the How To, License and video.

Q1)        28th January is Data Privacy Day.   It’s also known as Data what Day: Data Protection Day, Data Protonic Day or Data Proteus Day?

Q2)        It’s observed in how many European nations: forty-five, forty-seven or forty-nine?

Q3)        The Data Protection Act 2018 is a data privacy law in which English speaking nation: the US, UK or Australia?

Q4)        To help with online privacy, emails should be what: encased, enclosed or encrypted?

Q5)        Finally … ?   There’s online privacy concerns about what: biscuits, buns or cookies?

Here’s yesterday’s questions and answers … 

Q1)        Ingvar Kamprad died on 27th January, 2018.   He’d founded which very Nordic company: Nokia, Ericsson or Ikea?

A1)        Ikea.

Q2)        The Paris Peace Accords were signed on 27th January, 1973.   The Accords brought an end to what: the Korean War, Vietnam War or First Gulf War?

A2)        The Vietnam War.

Q3)        The chemical element, Tennessine, was named on 27th January, 2017.   The synthetic element was named after which US state?

A3)        Tennessee.

Q4)        The Military Service Act, 1916 received the royal assent: on 27th January, 1916.   It introduced what to Great Britain: conscription, demobilisation or rationing?

A4)        Conscription.   (It literally just applied to England, Scotland and Wales.   Ireland, then under the UK’s control, was excluded: as the political situation there, was felt to be … iffy … )

Q5)        Finally … ?   27th January is the feast day of Saint Sava. He’s the Orthodox saint of where: Serbia, Croatia or Montenegro?

A5)        Serbia.

Here’s a thought …

“Data privacy is challenging since it attempts to use data while protecting an individual’s privacy preferences and personally identifiable information.”

From the Wikipedia entry on information privacy.

And a song …

Today’s questions will be answered in tomorrow’s Teaser.

Decisions about scores are final.

Thank you for coming: have a good day.

*        Remind me to mention the word, “duckspeak”, when I get the chance.   Orwell did like to re-use ideas …

†        I really couldn’t tell you, Olga.   I get the feeling that the online pharmacies selling to patients in the UK are overseas ones.   In other words, they’re not covered by UK regulations: nor their own countries rules.

        Where it get’s messy?   Is the existence of things like Silk Road, the old darkweb marketplace: I’m told its replacements are still easily accessible, and can supply anything, including the illegal drugs you mentioned.   I know at least one person who did so.

        Apparently, they’re easy to order from, once you’ve set up a Bitcoin account.

‡        Hello, Mum!

§        I’ll be honest, Debbi: I think he’ll be contesting it until he’s blue in the face.   Can a president be gaoled?   Because that may need to happen.