Earlier this year the European Community revised its regulatory framework for telecommunications networks, so the UK Government is now consulting on how to implement those changes in UK law. Although most of the changes are not relevant to JANET as a private network, I have responded in three areas:
Data breach notification, where the UK seems [...]
I’m happy to announce the publication of a couple of new JANET factsheets covering frequently asked questions. As with all factsheets these aim to be a short (two page) introduction to an area, to let you know whether you should be concerned and, if so, what to do next. The new ones are:
Cloud Computing: an [...]
Another consultation response: this time to a European Commission review of the e-Commerce Directive (2000/31/EC). The Directive addresses a number of different issues around electronic commerce, but the area of most interest to those who run websites or networks is the rules on liability for content in Articles 12 to 15. For networks, the Directive [...]
One of the fun parts of my job is working with colleagues to understand the technical developments they are considering and work out whether there are any legal or policy implications that we need to be working on in parallel. One advantage of doing this at an early stage is to get views from those [...]