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France wildfires: Woman dies and thousands flee ‘hellish’ destruction

France’s biggest wildfire in nearly 50 years has scorched an area larger than Paris in the southern department of Aude, leaving a woman dead and forcing thousands of residents to flee

@francesryan.bsky.social @cjayanetti.bsky.social Someone must know who “Max” is?! Swear he’s part of the Westminster bubble. He certainly has lots of fans in SW1!

Max Tempers is a now “journalist” 🤔

Privacy Policy This website does not collect, store, or process any personal data. It simply checks anonymous vehicle information using publicly available open data sources. No user information is recorded, and no data transmitted to or from this site is personally identifiable. We do not use cookies or any tracking tools. This means your visit to the site remains entirely private and anonymous. We are committed to protecting your privacy in full compliance with UK data protection laws. Is a Number Plate (VRM) Personal or Personally Identifiable Information? ● On its own, a vehicle registration mark (VRM) (i.e. number plate) is not classed as personal data under UK GDPR - if you cannot link it to an identifiable individual without additional data. ● However, in certain contexts, a VRM can be personally identifiable information (PII) if: ● You can reasonably identify the owner/keeper using that VRM. ● You combine it with other data (e.g. name, address, face in a photo, social media profile, etc.). What about querying a number plate via public APIs? The DVLA's public vehicle data service only returns non-personal vehicle data, such as: ● Tax status ● MOT status ● Make and model ● Colour ● Engine size ● Year of manufacture It does not return owner or keeper information. ✅ Querying a number plate through the DVLA public API is not considered accessing personal or personally identifiable data - as long as you are not combining it with other identifiable details about the person who owns the vehicle.

Below is the "privacy policy" on the odious Motability Checker site promoted by Max Tempers. The developer has willfully failed to understand what personal data means in UK law. "PII" isn't even UK terminology.

Context www.disabilitynewsservice.com/motability-f...

#dataprotection #disabilityrights

These actions must bring into focus who can access DVLA data. This is clearly abuse of the data.

@francesryan.bsky.social have you seen this?

So this has just got a whole lot worse

Oh aye. Still I have a horrible feeling about where this is going…

On the London Overground. I’ve just asked a young guy playing loud music out of his phone to turn his music down. He asked stroppily why he should. I said because it was uncivilised.
He then turned it off and said “yeah, that’s fair”

I HAVE NEVER FELT SO ALIVE

Bluesky is rolling out age verification in the UK Bluesky users in the UK can verify their age using their face, ID, or payment card.

Starting July 25, Bluesky will require users in the UK to scan their face, upload an ID or verify their identity with a bankcard.

I realize that platforms feel they have no choice but to comply with the government surveillance schemes, but shocking nonetheless.

@cjayanetti.bsky.social Surely "Max" is overdue an exposé? I mean he's single-handedly taking down the Motability scheme.

I stand by the opinion that "Max" is a think tanker. And a good one at that - can see the Motability scheme being closed down under the next Conservative government.

M&S defies cyberattackers with swoop on Homebase stores Retailer will create hundreds of jobs with some of its biggest food shops yet – and it’s even offering a bakery service to rival Gail’s

Marks & Spencer is fighting back from a crippling cyber hack with an expansion plan that will see it buy 12 former Homebase stores to create some of its biggest food shops yet

The Central line is cosplaying as the DLR

‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths A “sinister” government analysis of the impact of a bill to legalise assisted suicide suggests it could eventually save public bodies more than £100 million a year in health and social care costs, …

‘Sinister’ government analysis of assisted dying bill adds weight to fears of financial incentives for deaths
#AssistedDying #AssistedSuicide
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M&S will 'need to go on a charm offensive' to win customers back M&S told markets it had suffered a "cyber incident" at the end of April, quickly followed by Harrods and the Co-op.

M&S will ‘need to go on a charm offensive’ to win customers back www.cityam.com/ms-will-need...

Starmer warned benefit cuts could be ‘as toxic’ as axing winter fuel allowance as 800,000 miss out www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Carney after winning the Canadian federal election:

“America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country - never. But these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never ever happen.”

Graduates turned down by supermarkets as vacancies hit four-year low Young people say it is harder than ever to get a job after uni with some being turned down by supermarkets.

Supermarkets turn down graduates as vacancies drop www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Moment police kill man by throwing him around 'like a rag doll' This is the horrifying moment officers threw a vulnerable man around 'like a rag doll' while restraining him on a hospital floor.

Moment police kill man by throwing him around 'like a rag doll' mol.im/a/14647659

M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers : Customers told to expect further delays as contactless payments still down

M&S takes systems offline as 'cyber incident' lingers www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/m...

Veeraswamy owner: To close this institution would be a great tragedy If the Crown Estate get their way, London will lose one of its most precious places, says Ranjit Mathrani

Britain's oldest Indian restaurant may have to shut in central London lease row www.standard.co.uk/going-out/re...

Why the Scots have fallen out of love with the British Army Recruitment of soldiers north of the border has plummeted 41 per cent in a decade. Is this a sign of waning national identity, or something more profound?

Why the Scots have fallen out of love with the British Army

www.thetimes.com/article/fc39...

As an aside to the whole “pointing at Liz Truss getting something hilariously laughably wrong *again*” thing (which I - of course - encourage), has anyone teased out the point that his economics are the antithesis of the ones she was espousing (to her inevitable detriment) all those 33 months ago

There’s a strong appetite amongst Brits for closer ties to Canada. Sadly I think our politicians would rather we ate hormone-riddled beef so as not to upset Trump.

Labour MP Dan Norris is arrested for 'rape and child sex offences' Dan Norris, who ousted Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP for North East Somerset at last year's election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home.

Labour MP Dan Norris is arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences after police raid www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Man given indefinite hospital order after killing 87-year-old with walking stick and gouging his eyes at London station Sekai Miles, 23, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order with restrictions after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the killing of 87-year-old Bernard Fowler.

Man given indefinite hospital order after killing 87-year-old with walking stick and gouging his eyes at London station news.sky.com/story/man-gi...

From the london community on Reddit: My 2nd experience sitting in a carriage with someone smoking Crack Explore this post and more from the london community

My 2nd experience sitting in a carriage with someone smoking crack www.reddit.com/r/london/com...