Heather Burns
@idea15 on WordPress.org, @HeatherBurns on Slack
- Member Since: October 13th, 2009
- Location: Glasgow, Scotland
- Website: webdevlaw.uk
- Job Title: Tech policy and regulation specialist
- Employer: Currently: Policy Fellow, COADEC
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Heather Burns’s badges:- Core Contributor Core Contributor
- Meetup Organizer Meetup Organizer
- Meta Contributor Meta Contributor
- WordCamp Organizer WordCamp Organizer
- WordCamp Speaker WordCamp Speaker
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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As long as there is a separate post in this blog concerning conflicts of interest…2 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Follow-up Discussion on Major Auto Updates, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I was not expecting to see the discussion referenced by a pre-eminent D.C. tech policy…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Morten and I recently published a few thousand words on that.3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The ZDNet story about this thread appeared in this morning's Politico's Morning Cybersecurity bulletin, which…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
That is the sort of question that we, as a project, should be clarifying through…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
It is just a draft at this stage, so I'll be better placed to answer…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: Auto-Update Old Versions to 4.7, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The latest draft of the EU ePrivacy Regulation states: Consent should not be necessary either…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Thanks Josh, that's very helpful feedback we'll definitely take aboard. You might want to have…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The first question - consent for non-users - would likely deal most specifically with consent…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
If you have suggestions about an existing feature, please open a trac ticket.3 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Feature plugin discussion: a consent and logging mechanism for user privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
As part of the #core-privacy team’s 2019 roadmap, the team has begun a discussion on…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Update: Sanctions and Open Source, on the site Team Updates:
Lest anyone think this is an issue impacting countries perceived as rogue states, the UK's…3 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: a WordPress Advisory Board, on the site Team Updates:
I’d worry people would try to gain economically from their board membership As with the…3 months ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2019 coming up on June 21st
5 months ago
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Wrote a new post, #core-privacy April update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is a cumulative update for #core-privacy office hours and bug scrubs held in April…6 months ago
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Wrote a new post, #Core-privacy March update, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is a cumulative update for #core-privacy office hours and bug scrubs held in March…7 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Core Privacy’s 2019 Roadmap Published, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I am so incredibly proud of what the team has accomplished lately - long may…8 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post #core-privacy Office Hours Agenda – 27 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
I don't have time to do a formal set of minutes today, but yesterday's office…8 months ago
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Wrote a new post, #core-privacy Office Hours Agenda – 27 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The following is the agenda for the core-privacy weekly office hours meeting. The meeting is…8 months ago
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Wrote a new post, #core-privacy Office Hours Minutes – 13 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The following is a summary of the weekly core-privacy office hours held on 13 February…8 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Paid Freelance Contributors: The idea of the Wapuu Program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Not sure what you are referring to, but all those comments were public, as was…9 months ago
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Wrote a new post, #core-privacy Office Hours Agenda – 6 February 2019, on the site Make WordPress Core:
The following is the agenda for the core-privacy weekly office hours meeting. The meeting is…9 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Paid Freelance Contributors: The idea of the Wapuu Program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Thank you. I would like to ask everyone, as well as they mean, to stop…10 months ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Paid Freelance Contributors: The idea of the Wapuu Program, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
Hi, I'm Heather. You may remember me from such State of the Word comments as…10 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Core-Privacy Agenda – 12 December, on the site Make WordPress Core:
When/Where: Join us in #core-privacy on Making WordPress Slack on Wednesday, 12 December at 1900…11 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Core-Privacy Office Hours Summary, 21 and 28 November, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Ticket and coding issues Gutenberg 11999, Fix the Privacy Policy Help Notice - merged into…11 months ago
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Wrote a new post, Core-privacy Office Hours Summary – 17 October, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s #core-privacy chat. You can read…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, Core-privacy agenda – 17 October 2018, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is the agenda for the weekly #core-privacy meeting on Wednesday [time]17 October 2018 at…1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, The schedule is here!, on the site WordCamp Edinburgh 2018: November 17th -18th 2018:
We are delighted to announce our schedule, sessions, and speakers for WordCamp Edinburgh 2018.1 year ago
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Wrote a new post, What’s new in core-privacy, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Below is a summary of the discussion from this week’s #core-privacy chat. You can read…1 year ago
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Closed ticket #43933, in Core Trac:
Make the Privacy Policy page intro text shorter and more friendly1 year ago
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Joined the organizing team for WordCamp Edinburgh 2018 coming up on November 17th
1 year ago
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Closed ticket #43175, in Core Trac:
Discussion - Pseudonymisation1 year ago
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Closed ticket #44518, in Core Trac:
GDPR Functions 4.9.6 need improvements & customisation1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #43988, in Core Trac:
Consolidate privacy options in dashboard menus1 year ago
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Created a new ticket, #43981, in Core Trac:
Privacy notices page: improve UX and readability1 year ago
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Reopened ticket #43435, in Core Trac:
Add settings screen for creating a privacy policy2 years ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Europe 2018 coming up on June 14th
2 years ago
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Created a topic, GDPR Compliance project, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi. Sorry to get in touch with you here, but we couldn…2 years ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp London, United Kingdom 2018 coming up on April 13th
2 years ago
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Confirmed as a speaker for WordCamp Dublin 2017 coming up on October 14th
2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Day of Action – Save Net Neutrality, on the site Make WordPress Community:
So a8c is sorting the plugin and there will be a blog post Monday ish…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Day of Action – Save Net Neutrality, on the site Make WordPress Community:
And please, no cat signal. This is the future of the open web. Enough with…2 years ago
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Wrote a comment on the post Day of Action – Save Net Neutrality, on the site Make WordPress Community:
Two and a half years ago I was up at 2 AM writing a final…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Keynote sessions, on the site WordCamp Edinburgh 2017:
When we reviewed the talk submissions we received for WordCamp Edinburgh 2017, there were several…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, The WordCamp Edinburgh 2017 schedule is up!, on the site WordCamp Edinburgh 2017:
With the last speakers confirmed we are pleased to publish our full schedule for WordCamp…2 years ago
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Wrote a new post, Meet our third speakers!, on the site WordCamp Edinburgh 2017:
While we're still waiting for our final speakers to confirm, we'd like to introduce you…2 years ago