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Doesn't wetherspoons own Costa coffee shops? If so I get mail shots from them as I have a costa card.
Whitbreads own Costa - not Wetherspoons.
Doesn't wetherspoons own Costa coffee shops? If so I get mail shots from them as I have a costa card.
No, Wetherspoons is just then and Lloyd’s Bar.
Costa owned by Whitbread
Interesting that some corps, such as Wetherspoons have 'opted out' and completely removed their mailing lists etc. Easier to do that than try and manage it
They can 'opt out' in that way for customer data but they'll still need to conform for their employee data ( and that of potential [CVs] or ex-employees [Personnel Records] ).
IBrent Ozar did a really good write up, from a SQL Server perspective, on how easy it is for PII to be spread around:
https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/12/personally-identifiable-information-gets-around/
Worth a read if you're interested in that side of it. I'm a SQL guy myself and I was surprised at some of the stuff he pointed out.
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I've met Brent and contributed a snippet on sp_blitz (which is my first and easiest port of call when auditing a server)
Oh excellent. I've used sp_blitz on many occasions myself. Not had the chance to meet Brent but their 6 month DBA training plan is a resource I constantly go back to.
Met him at PASS and SQLBits top team there (DR and HA leaders IMO) 2nd only for different reasons to Paul Randalls mob at SQLSkills, **** me a more clever guy you will never meet. I wanna go on SQLCruise for training
Brent Ozar did a really good write up, from a SQL Server perspective, on how easy it is for PII to be spread around:
https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2017/12/personally-identifiable-information-gets-around/
Worth a read if you're interested in that side of it. I'm a SQL guy myself and I was surprised at some of the stuff he pointed out.
Would love to do SQLCruise at least once. No way I can afford it though and I highly doubt my firm will cover it either
OT what versions (I assume SQL server) are you still running, finding it hard to keep up with the new lifecycle and a bit fruitless
They can 'opt out' in that way for customer data but they'll still need to conform for their employee data ( and that of potential [CVs] or ex-employees [Personnel Records] ).
We've got some 2008 R2 boxes knocking around but majority are 2012 / 2014.
2008R2 is my favourite lol. Last year I was still administering/programming some SQL 7 and SQL2k boxes on NT4 and W2003, mostly cos of legacy DTS packages that I could be arsed to migrate to SSIS
I'm still reasonably new to the game; cut my teeth on 2012. Whippersnapper!