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Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: UK's top data and AI regul...
Last post by zappaDPJ - Today at 01:10:35I imagine he wanted to test whether the ICO is capable of following the data protection procedures they set out for everyone else. At the moment it appears not which is quite understandable because as we already know it's just a massive tangle of word spaghetti 
#2
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: UK's top data and AI regul...
Last post by Simon - Yesterday at 22:02:54Blimey! My first thought is that this guy has too much time on his hands! I get the general gist of his complaint, but I didn't quite grasp why he is so keen to obtain this information in the first place.
#3
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / Re: UK's top data and AI regul...
Last post by zappaDPJ - Yesterday at 21:23:57I've been following an incredibly protracted Freedom of Information request which was submitted to the ICO centred on the internal handling of this man's conduct. It's extremely complex, still on-going and the ICO's response to date appears unlawful.
Are we surprised by any of this? I think not!
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/investigation_into_information_c
Are we surprised by any of this? I think not!
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/investigation_into_information_c
#4
Broadband, Internet & General Computer News & Discussion / UK's top data and AI regulator...
Last post by Simon - Yesterday at 20:28:29John Edwards, the UK's information commissioner, has resigned following a workplace investigation.
"I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence," he said in a statement on Friday.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating AI in the UK and also oversees data protection regulation and the freedom of information law.
Edwards' resignation was confirmed by the government, which said it had come after an independent probe "that took place regarding allegations made against him".
"The government expects the highest standards of conduct from all senior leaders in public life," said a spokesperson for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
"Mr Edwards has acknowledged that his conduct fell below these standards."
The ICO later confirmed Edwards had resigned as information commissioner - a post he has held since early 2022.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0eyq7rnn22o
"I have accepted that there have been occasions where I exercised poor judgement and made attempts at humour that were inappropriate and caused offence," he said in a statement on Friday.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is responsible for regulating AI in the UK and also oversees data protection regulation and the freedom of information law.
Edwards' resignation was confirmed by the government, which said it had come after an independent probe "that took place regarding allegations made against him".
"The government expects the highest standards of conduct from all senior leaders in public life," said a spokesperson for the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT).
"Mr Edwards has acknowledged that his conduct fell below these standards."
The ICO later confirmed Edwards had resigned as information commissioner - a post he has held since early 2022.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0eyq7rnn22o
#5
IDNet Help / Re: Protocol oddity
Last post by Bill - Jun 18, 2026, 11:47:57I should have thought of that, I've come across it (not identical, but similar) on other sites... although I wouldn't know how to check the way you did, I had to ask on those too
Thanks 👍
Thanks 👍
#6
IDNet Help / Re: Protocol oddity
Last post by nowster - Jun 18, 2026, 11:07:16I had a dig (sic.) and:
idnet.com has no IPv6 address
but HTTP connections to it redirect to
www.idnet.com which does.
The redirect is mildly misconfigured:
idnet.com has no IPv6 address
but HTTP connections to it redirect to
www.idnet.com which does.
The redirect is mildly misconfigured:
Code Select
* Host idnet.com:80 was resolved.
* IPv6: (none)
* IPv4: 212.69.36.50
* Trying 212.69.36.50:80...
* Established connection to idnet.com (212.69.36.50 port 80) from 192.168.x.x port 38136
* using HTTP/1.x
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: idnet.com
> User-Agent: curl/8.21.0-rc2
> Accept: */*
>
* Request completely sent off
< HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently
< Server: nginx/1.14.1
< Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:04:32 GMT
< Content-Type: text/html
< Content-Length: 185
< Connection: keep-alive
< Location: https://www.idnet.com//
<
#7
IDNet Help / Re: idnet down? (sort of)
Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 15:39:15I've had the occasional authentication failure in the past, this didn't really behave in the same way but, on reflection, it could have been caused by that... thanks.
#8
IDNet Help / Re: idnet down? (sort of)
Last post by zappaDPJ - Jun 12, 2026, 14:02:13I use the IDNet's email server a lot and find it fails to authenticate fairly regularly. I've never thought to check if their site is down at the same time but I'll check next time it happens and post back.
#9
IDNet Help / Protocol oddity
Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 12:11:29I've no idea if this is new or has always been this way, but if I do a basic (IPv4) ping to idnet.com it works perfectly, but with an IPv6 one (ping6) I get "nodename nor servname provided, or not known", suggesting no IPv6 record on the DNS server?
But browsing to idnet.com shows the connection as being being over IPv6...
Main DNS is Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) with Google (8.8.8.8) as backup.
Doesn't happen on other sites I've tried and it's not causing any issue that I can see, it just seems odd.
But browsing to idnet.com shows the connection as being being over IPv6...
Main DNS is Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) with Google (8.8.8.8) as backup.
Doesn't happen on other sites I've tried and it's not causing any issue that I can see, it just seems odd.
#10
IDNet Help / Re: idnet down? (sort of)
Last post by Bill - Jun 12, 2026, 10:21:49Belay that, it seems to be behaving itself now... for the moment anyway. I'll be keeping a close eye on it 