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New Data Retention Bill
[Corrected 28/11: "relevant internet data" is limited to that "generated or...
Incident Response and the Law
At the FIRST conference this week I've heard depressingly many incident responders say...
Janet London Regional Delivery Service R...
Please find attached the London region service report for the month of January 2018....
Safe Harbor/Privacy Shield
The European Commission has now published draft texts that could be used to implement an E...
Assessing the DP Impact of Jisc Security...
At last week's Jisc Security Conference I presented a talk on how we've assessed a...
Prevent Duty for FE/HE now in force
[Updated to include UCISA Model Regulations]After short debates in the Houses of Commons and Lords the legal duties on universities and colleges to address risks of radicalisation came into force on 18th September.The Government's guidance is unchanged from the drafts published in July. In last week's debates the Government again stressed that measures should be proport...
Why Google Spain worries me
Next month I'll be going to an academic conference on Google Spain and the "Right to be Forgotten" (actually, "right to be delinked") so I thought I'd better organise my thoughts on why, as a provider and user of communications and information services, the decision worries me. And I am much more worried by the decision itself and the train of propos...
GDPR: Twelve Steps, Sorted
Although the Information Commissioner's "Twelve Steps to Prepare" is an excellent guide to what organisations need to do in the eighteen months before the General Data Protection Regulation becomes UK law in May 2018, following them in order from 1 to 12 may not be the best approach. Some of the steps depend on the results of others, some are likely to take ...
Janet Cumbria Regional Delivery Service ...
Please find attached the Cumbria area service report for the month of January 2019...
Jisc Security Conference 2016
I'll be talking on Tuesday about how the General Data Protection Regulation will create some more reasons for organisations to practise good information security....
GDPR: moving to Information Lifecycle Re...
[UPDATE: the Irish GDPR coalition have a nice infographic on information lifecycles under the GDPR]Anyone who has looked at an information security standard is likely to be familiar with the idea of an Information Asset Register. These cover the What and Where of information that an organisation relies on: what information do we hold, and where is it kept.Many of the requiremen...
Janet South East
Welcome to the Janet group for customers in the Southeast, including Oxfordshire, Buckingh...
Janet East Midlands
The East Midlands covers the area of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.There are 9 Universities, 28 FE and Specialist Colleges , 2 Local Authorities and 2 Research Centres connected via janet .The regional infrastructure is provided by Janet.Email: service@ja.netTel: 0300 300 2212 Keith JenkinsAccount ManagerM 07816 ...
NEN Technical Strategy Group
This group is a working technical group comprised of representatives from the RBCs and local authorities in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The group's aim is to support schools in understanding the technical landsca...
The Cloud (BSkyB) - WiFi
This group was originally set up to share opinions and ask questions regarding The Cloud&#...
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The Community group for the Jisc Assent Service launched on 25 March 2015
Jisc, as the service operator, will post things on here relevant to the service but...
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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