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BEREC clarifies that permanent network s...
Four years ago, Jisc responded to the Board of European Regulators of Electronic Communica...
IP Addresses, Privacy and the GDPR
It's well-known that the General Data Protection Regulation says that IP addresses should be treated as personal data because they can be used to single out individuals for different treatment, even if not to actually identify them...
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GDPR: Alumni processes
Most universities maintain databases of alumni, for purposes including keeping them informed about the organisation, offering services and seeking donations. These activities have a lot in common with other charities, so the Informatio...
Draft Wellbeing Analytics Code of Practi...
Following on from my previous blog post on the possible uses of wellbeing analytics, we'd very much welcome comments on this latest draft of our Code of Practice. Note that this includes the maximum safeguards from all legal bases that seem likely to apply, so even if our continuing investigations conclude that some of those bases are not appropriate, the Code's recomme...
Travelling with encrypted devices
Most portable devices – laptops, smartphones and memory sticks – should be enc...
GDPR: Recording Phone Calls
Most of us are familiar with the recorded messages at the start of phone calls that warn "this call may be recorded for compliance and training purposes". Some may recognise it as meeting the requirement to notify callers under the snappily titled Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000. But the data protection i...
Free Text and Data Protection
Collections of free text – whether in database fields, documents or email archives – present a challenge both for operations and under data protection law. They may contain personal data but it's hard to find: whether you're trying to use it, to ensure compliance with the data protection principles, or to allow data subjects to exercise their legal rights. S...
GDPR: Attendance Monitoring
A question recently arose about monitoring students' attendance at lectures and tutorials, and how this fitted into data protection law. Since the main purpose of such monitoring seems to be to identify and assist students who don&...
Are networks data processors?
As the GDPR approaches, several customer organisations have asked us if the Janet network ...
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Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet Network
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Four years ago, Jisc responded to the Board of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) consultation on network neutrality to point out that some...
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The European Data Protection Board's (EDBP) latest Guidelines further develop the idea that we should not always expect relationships involving personal data to have...
The European Data Protection Board's (EDBP) latest Guidelines further develop the idea that we should not always expect relationships involving personal data to have...
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Service report for organisations in Yorkshire Humberside connected to the Janet network
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