Posts by Gadfly

ICO: It's up to Google the 'POLLUTER' to tidy up 'right to be forgotten' search links

Google should just redirect all searches to the US site where these idiotic rulings don't apply.

Google's Pankhurst doodle doo-doo shows the perils of using Google to find stuff out

Google isn't an encyclopaedia, it just list sites which match your search times. It strikes me you are falling into the same trap as those confused ECJ judges.

Nuisance calls DOUBLE, Ofcom vows to hunt down offenders

Regulation is useless

Complaining is a waste of time. I have a call-blocking device now which is very effective.

UK ice boffin: 'Arctic melt equivalent to 20 years of CO₂'

Surely the Arctic was warmer a thousand years ago when Scandinavians settled in Greenland to farm?

Online criminal records checks to save Surrey council £300k

The issue that has not been addressed is why every organisation requires a separate check, even if you've just had one done. Surely once you've been shown to be OK, that check should be valid for a number of years, or until it is revoked for a genuine reason, rather like a driving licence.