Is it safe to go outside? - Privacy Policy

18 Oct 2017 | Alexa Privacy

About this policy

This privacy policy relates to the Is it safe to go outside? Alexa skill.

This privacy policy applies solely to information provided to DungBeetleBASH by the user.

It will notify you of the following:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you via the skill, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.

If you have chosen to allow permission for Is it safe to go outside? Alexa skill to access your devices address, your device will make your country and post code available to the skill.

This information may be transmitted via a secure connection between your device and the the skill service while a session is in progress.

Your post code will be used only to provide localised information relating to the area in which you live.

Your information will not be stored or used in any format once the skill session is over.

We will not share your information with any third party, other than as necessary to fulfill your request by using your post code to request further third party information.

Your Access to and Control Over Information

You may opt out of any use of your data by the Is it safe to go outside? Alexa skill by removing permission in the Alexa app, or disbling the Alexa skill on your device.

Security

We take precautions to protect your information. When you submit information via the Alexa service, your information is protected via encryption. Your information is never stored.

Updates

Our Privacy Policy may change from time to time and any changes will be reflected on this page.

Software Engineering and toilets

13 Oct 2017 | Toilets

One of the most consistent things I’ve found about working in software is the quality of the toilets. For some reason, there are always problems with the toilets.

At my first programming job there was a guy who would bleed all over the toilet bowl every day, and not clean up the blood.

At my second programming job, I had to clock out to use the toilets. Also, one time I opened the toilet door to find my boss bending over, wiping his arse.

At my third programming job, the toilet flushes were so useless that you’d need to flush 5-8 times to get the poo down, and wait 3 minutes between each flush for the cistern to refill. Literally thousands of pounds in engineering time was wasted just because of some crappy toilets.

At my fourth programming job, there just weren’t enough toilets to go round and one time I overheard two guys in adjacent cubicles having a noisy conversation about their piss up the night before, whilst both shitting really, really loudly.

At my current programming job, I found a turd that looked like a baby walrus just hunched there in the pan that somebody had left as a surprise.