diff --git a/src/docs/articles/how-your-data-is-handled.md b/src/docs/articles/how-your-data-is-handled.md index 66f77c8..c4eee42 100644 --- a/src/docs/articles/how-your-data-is-handled.md +++ b/src/docs/articles/how-your-data-is-handled.md @@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ explanation of that content. - The Describo Cloud supports _Data Sovereignty_. It is a common requirement that user data be processed in regions that are consistent with your local legal requirements. To support this, the Describo cloud operates in 3 regions globally and the region you use is determined via - geolocation of your IP address; ie the service you use is based on your location. + geolocation of your IP address; ie the service you use is based on your location. **Data + Sovereignty in this context does not relate to the ownership of the data. It is the + responsibility of the user to ensure that they have permission from the data owner to work with + the data. This is especially true when it comes to Indigenous data.** - The services that Describo Cloud uses are AWS Textract, Comprehend and Bedrock. Links to those services, and their FAQs explaining how data is handled, are on the data processing page. In diff --git a/src/docs/articles/why-use-it.md b/src/docs/articles/why-use-it.md index 3e57d33..716a1c2 100644 --- a/src/docs/articles/why-use-it.md +++ b/src/docs/articles/why-use-it.md @@ -84,9 +84,10 @@ online workspace. Issues that Describo mitigates. ### Describo lives here Describo is for people working with text based content in various formats. It provides tools for -them to manipulate their data and transform it; mine it for information using AI tools and cloud -services; describe what they're finding as linked data entity relationships; and ultimately, publish -their work. +them [to manipulate their data and transform it](/docs/guide/transforming-content); +[mine it for information using AI tools and cloud services](/docs/guide/assistant-supported-discovery); +[describe what they're finding as linked data entity relationships](/docs/guide/working-with-a-crate); +and ultimately, publish their work. Describo produces data objects in a standardised format: the [Research Object Crate (RO-Crate)](https://www.researchobject.org/ro-crate/). So, as the work is diff --git a/src/docs/guide/data-processing.md b/src/docs/guide/data-processing.md index 43a3bcf..f8ce496 100644 --- a/src/docs/guide/data-processing.md +++ b/src/docs/guide/data-processing.md @@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ Cloud. # Data Sovereignty +::: tip INFO + +**Data Sovereignty in this context does not relate to the ownership of the data. It is the +responsibility of the user to ensure that they have permission from the data owner to work with the +data. This is especially true when it comes to Indigenous data.** + +In this context, Data Sovereignty is used to indicate that data processing with Describo Cloud will +occur in a geographic region as close as possible to the location of the user and hopefully, with +the same or similar legal contexts. + +::: + In order to support users across the globe, regional services have been provisioned in the Describo Cloud. The AWS region you use `depends on the Geo location of your IP address` and it happens automatically when you go to use a given capability.