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Janet Kent service report January 2020
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN...
Safe Harbor/Privacy Shield
The European Commission has now published draft texts that could be used to implement an E...
Janet Kent service report April 2018
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN...
Janet Wales service report February 2020
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA...
Janet Kent service report January 2019
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN...
Janet North West Regional Delivery Servi...
Please find attached the North West region service report for the month of February 2019...
GDPR Exports and Federated Authenticatio...
Although the Article 29 Working Party seem to have had applications such as incident respo...
Course formats
One–day face to face scheduled courses across the UK;Courses run at central training...
Janet6 and the Janet London Infrastructu...
Janet6 is the project that will deliver the next generation of the Janet infrastruct...
Laws to help security and incident respo...
Last week I was invited to be a member of a panel at the UN Internet Governance Forum on how law can help security and incident response and, in particular, information sharing. It seems there are still concerns in some places that privacy law is getting in the way of these essential functions.I started from how bad things would be if it were actually against the law to share i...
Successful transfer of Net North West ne...
Transfer of the management and operation of the Net North West network to Janet has been completed successfully. We would like acknowledge Net North West’s efforts in maintaining service delivery throughout the transition period and to thank them for their support in facilitating the transfer. Janet North WestFrom 1 August the network, now known as Janet North West, ...
Things that Go Bump in the Night
Apparently Miranda Mowbray had been wanting to do a talk on "Things that Go Bump in the Night" for some time, and it made an excellent closing keynote for the 2019 FIRST conference in Edinburgh (recording now available on YouTube). Although "things" may increasingly need an Internet connection to operate, there are significant differences between them and en...
Investigatory Powers Act - new orders to...
[UPDATE: I've added links to the draft Codes of Practice that authorities are proposing to use when preparing each of the orders]Under the current Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), organisations that operate their own private computer networks may receive three different orders relating to those systems. Any organisation that receives an order is, subject ...
Janet Wales service report June 2018
Service report for organisations in Wales connected to the Janet network via PSBA...
Janet Kent service report April 2018
Service report for organisations in Kent connected to the Janet network via KPSN...
GDPR/Data Protection Bill: public author...
[Update: a Government amendment to Clause 6 of the Bill appears to confirm that this is their intended interpretation :)]The new Data Protection Bill seems to bring clarity to the question of which legal bases will be available to educational institutions under the General Data Protection Regulation:Clause 6(1) of the Bill states that (subject to modification by the Secretary o...
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JiscCommunity has been this blog's home for eight years, but I'm now moving over to JiscInform. That has many nice features, notably that it works really well on...
[UPDATE: thanks for your feedback. Final text has now gone into the Jisc production process :)]
Jisc has been providing expert, trusted advice on digital...
[with thanks to a former university Head of Examinations for input and discussion]
Recent years, and weeks, have seen a move away from the traditional...
I've been reading a fascinating paper by Julia Slupska – "War, Health and...
[Notes:
- This isn't legal advice, but I hope it will reassure anyone considering supporting the...
[Notes:
- This isn't legal advice, but I hope it will reassure anyone considering supporting the...
The EU High-Level Expert Group's (HLEG) draft Ethics Guidelines for...
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