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Calling all SeamlessAccess integrators to participate in deprecation trial for unpartitioned third-party storage

Calling all SeamlessAccess integrators to participate in deprecation trial for unpartitioned third-party storage In a blog post published towards the end of last year, we spoke about an update to Google’s Chrome browser that by default enabled a new feature called Storage Partitioning. This feature effectively blocks third-party websites from accessing information held in the local browser storage, which is used by SeamlessAccess to show the user’s remembered choice of institute in its button.

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Third-party cookie deprecation and its effect on SeamlessAccess

Third-party cookie deprecation and its effect on SeamlessAccess Is your SeamlessAccess button acting weird? Not showing your remembered institute as you expect? This might be due to a new browser configuration setting that blocks third-party cookies. Without those cookies, the SeamlessAccess button (i.e. “Access through..”) will work differently than you might expect - but the other SeamlessAccess services (login, discovery, remembered choice on the discovery page) continue to work as before.

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FedCM: July Update

FedCM: July update on the efforts between the R&E community, the web community, and browser vendors This is an update following continuous meet-ups and other gatherings between representatives of the Research & Education (R&E) community and the browser vendors – discussing what capabilities in and around FedCM are required for our community to continue to serve academic users and their use cases. Background In a blog post titled “An emerging new technology for federated access: Federated Credential Management (FedCM)” and several later blog posts (most recent, previous), videos (one, two) and FAQs (for librarians and publishers), we discussed ongoing developments at the major browser vendors that are bound to have a significant impact on how users will experience the web in general, and on federated access in particular.

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FedCM: Update

FedCM: An update on the efforts between the R&E community and browser vendors This is an update following a recent meet-up between representatives of the Research & Education (R&E) community and Mozilla and Google – discussing what capabilities in and around FedCM are required for our community to continue to serve academic users and their use cases. Note: SeamlessAccess is organizing a more in-depth webinar on this topic on April 6 - register here!

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Federated Credential Management (FedCM)

An emerging new technology for federated access: Federated Credential Management (FedCM) In earlier blog posts, videos (one, two) and FAQs (for librarians and publishers), we talked about ongoing developments at the major browser vendors that are bound to have a significant impact on how users will experience the web in general, and on federated access in particular. To recap, these changes are driven by concerns around user privacy - including regulations such as GDPR - and meant to stop the unsanctioned tracking of users across the web.

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Contract Language Model License Agreement 1.0

Contract Language Model License Agreement 1.0 The Contract Language Working Group is pleased to release the Federated Authentication Contract Language Model License Agreement 1.0. From the introduction: “Existing contract language between resource providers and libraries is almost universally focused on authentication and authorization via IP address. Reference to federated access is most often with language that refers to “secure networks”, and the authorization of users that are on said network to access resources.

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Free webinar 26 Oct: Understanding the Challenges around Where-Are-You-From (WAYF)

The Challenges around Where-Are-You-From (WAYF) There are many ways to manage access to remote resources. From the use of IP addresses via VPN or proxy services to federated identity, the goal of enabling access to remote content is both easier and more complicated than ever before. A common element in federated access workflows is that, at some point in their journey, the user needs to select the institution they want to use to authorize their access.

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Summer 2022 Newsletter

Note: Going forward, we will be sending out this newsletter on a bimonthly schedule. Events Just before the summer period, SeamlessAccess was discussed in a number of events and conferences. In case you missed it, slides and recordings are available: “What’s new with SeamlessAccess?” webinar (May 24), hosted by the STM Association. A recording is available here. SeamlessAccess was one of the services discussed in the “Access and Assessment: Delivering Privacy Preserving Services” session at NASIG 2022 (June 7), a session that focused on protecting user privacy while delivering seamless user experiences.

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April 2022 Newsletter

Events We have several events coming up where you can learn more about SeamlessAccess and have an opportunity to interact with the team: “What’s new with SeamlessAccess?” webinar (May 24), hosted by the STM Association. Register here to learn more about SeamlessAccess, our roadmap, and experiences from Emerald Publishing, who have integrated SeamlessAccess onto their Emerald Insight platform last year. SeamlessAccess will be one of the services covered in the “Access and Assessment: Delivering Privacy Preserving Services” session at NASIG 2022 (June 7).

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Scheduled maintenance on 19 April

Maintenance April 19 Note: updated date! SeamlessAccess has scheduled maintenance on: April 19, 2022 8:00AM - 12:00PM UTC We have booked a four-hour maintenance window to upgrade SeamlessAccess to version 1.6.2. We expect that end-users will not experience any interruptions during this maintenance window, however it is possible that there may be some caching issues. Please refer to the SeamlessAccess status page for more details: https://status.seamlessaccess.org/ Update: Maintenance was succesfully completed

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