Dear all,

We've just updated the YNiC Data Protection policy which is now available at https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/policies/data-protection

At the same time, there is now a dedicated contact address (data@ynic.york.ac.uk) for handling all data protection and image/CD requests. We hope this will simplify and speed up future requests and would appreciate it if everyone could use this address.

Whilst updating the document, we have also revised the "Use of Computer Facilities" policy to point at the Data Protection policy. The new rules are available at: https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/policies/computer-usage They are basically the same as the old ones but explicitly require users to follow the Data Protection Policy (we're apparently required to put this in). The rules for computer use now read as follows:

================================================================================ These regulations apply to all computer users (staff, students and visitors) at YNiC. They are subject to change after the proper notification of users.

1. All users must abide by the University of York's Regulations for use of computing facilities (http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/aso/ordreg/r11.htm) and the regulations therein, specifically the use of JANET and SuperJANET, available directly here (http://www.ja.net/services/publications/policy/aup.html). 2. All users are required to familiarise themselves with the YNiC Data Protection policy and acknowledge that data must not be removed from YNiC without express, written permission from the Data Protection Officer of YNiC. Contact information and the policy are available at https://www.ynic.york.ac.uk/information/policies/data-protection ================================================================================

Apologies for the tedious nature of this message. Please direct any queries to data@ynic.york.ac.uk

Thanks,

Mark