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That passion carried me through years at a web agency, followed by a career in web security consultancy working for some of the biggest companies in the world.\nBut somewhere along the way, I got fed up. Not with the work - I love the challenge - but with where the work was going. Big companies had big IT departments and big budgets. Often they didn\u0026rsquo;t care about the reports I wrote, but needed a box ticking. Meanwhile, the organisations that genuinely needed help - a local charity drowning in GDPR compliance, a church with no IT person, a small business struggling to find time for their blog - were being sold solutions they didn\u0026rsquo;t need at prices they couldn\u0026rsquo;t afford.\n","type":"page","section":null,"searchKeywords":null},{"title":"Categories","url":"/categories/","description":"","type":"taxonomy","section":"categories","searchKeywords":null},{"title":"No-JS Search","url":"/no-js-search/","description":"Because this site is built as a static website, it has no server-side code to perform your query. For most users, I instead use JavaScript to perform the search. If your browser doesn\u0026rsquo;t run JavaScript (or let\u0026rsquo;s be honest, you\u0026rsquo;ve disabled it), you have a couple of alternatives below to search this site.\nEnable JavaScript This is obviously only an option if you\u0026rsquo;ve disabled it. But you might be interested to know that I don\u0026rsquo;t run any analytics on this site. If privacy is your concern, have a look at my Privacy Policy .\n","type":"page","section":null,"searchKeywords":null},{"title":"Privacy Policy","url":"/privacy/","description":"What data do you collect? None. This website does not collect, store, or process any personal data about you.\nThere are no analytics scripts, no tracking pixels, no cookies. I use local storage, a technology similar to cookies to store your dark/light theme preference. This stays on your device and isn\u0026rsquo;t sent anywhere. I don\u0026rsquo;t know who visits this site, how long you stay, or what page you came from. I don\u0026rsquo;t want to know.\n","type":"page","section":null,"searchKeywords":null}]