On the importance of knowing your data well: a recruiter just cold-contacted me about a position that would be perfect for “a data scientist such as yourself”. Hint: data scientist and data lawyer do not often mean the same thing* **. The GDPR and other data protection rules are there to ensure that if you care about getting such details right, you are able to – provided you give some thought to the “why” and “how”.
And if you happen to be in the situation where you are making these mistakes often, do reach out – not to arrange an interview, but so I can help you out.
* I have done a bit of data analysis and statistics, notably on GDPR fines (see note accompanying our DeFine calculator – www.khlaw.com/define ) and on notice periods for certain kinds of commercial contractual relationships, but I would never assume that this makes me a data scientist.
** I’m also always the target of call centres doing surveys aiming for CISOs and CTOs because I do cybersecurity law – I guess I am far from the only one.
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