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Access Management can replace walls :-)

I was interested to see both “Shibboleth” and “Athens” being mentioned in a consultation on extending the educational use exemption for re-playing recordings of broadcast programmes, sound recordings and films. At the moment sections 35 & 36 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 permit recordings to be re-played as part of teaching in […]

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Article 29 Working Party hints at new approach to Cloud

The Article 29 Working Party have published an interesting toolbox for Binding Corporate Rules (BCR) for Data Processors. BCRs for Data Controllers have been suggested for some time as a way that large multi-national companies can comply with European Data Protection law. By having its internal rules for handling personal data approved as compliant with […]

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EC Security Breach Notification

The European Commission, Parliament and Council of Ministers have been discussing revisions to the package of Telecoms Directives for a couple of years, but now seem to be approaching a final conclusion. Once the new Directives are published, member states will have a fixed time period – normally 18 months – in which to implement […]

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Information Commissioner Codes of Practice

The UK Information Commissioner is developing a series of Codes of Practice on various areas of data protection that often cause problems. The intention is to provide practical recommendations of good practice, rather than to discuss the minutiae of the law. To achieve this, the Codes are written in plain English, with plenty of illustrations […]

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ICO Draft Guide on personal information online

The Information Commissioner has now launched a draft text for a new guide on Personal Information Online, with an opportunity to comment on the text over the next three months. It’s good to see that some of the issues I raised at a preparatory meeting have been included, so I’d encourage readers to have a […]

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Internet Invariants – things worth fighting for

Leslie Daigle, Chief Internet Technology Officer of the Internet Society (ISOC) talked about the Society’s eight “Internet invariants” in the closing plenary session of TERENA’s Networking Conference 2012. The invariants are key features of the Internet that make it such a good platform for innovation and whose loss might harm the network’s ability to support […]

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Are We Too Late for IPv6 Transition?

[This post was originally published on the TERENA conference blog] Tuesday morning at the TERENA Networking Conference 2012 began with an entertaining and important call to action by Geoff Huston, on why we may have left transition to IPv6 too late and the serious consequences for open Internet connectivity that could result. It was recognised […]

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Analytic Cookies: last minute change

With enforcement of the UK’s new law on internet cookies due to begin this week, on Friday the Information Commissioner published a new version of his guidance on compliance. Although the Information Commissioner says the new version is a clarification, others have described it as a “striking shift”. The most significant change appears to be […]

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Analytic Cookies: last minute change

With enforcement of the UK’s new law on internet cookies due to begin this week, on Friday the Information Commissioner published a new version of his guidance on compliance. Although the Information Commissioner says the new version is a clarification, others have described it as a “striking shift”. The most significant change appears to be […]

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New Defamation Bill – first thoughts

The new Defamation Bill promised in the Queen’s Speech has now been published. Although it also contains changes to what statements can give rise to liability for defamation, the most interesting part for network operators is likely to be the new provisions on liability for those who host third party content on web sites and […]