WFH but from abroad

[Lance]

You wouldn't know.

If set up properly, your IT department will have no idea. Solution is this: You set up a VPN on your access point/router/whatever in Spain and it connects to your home broadband (or a nice friend on fibre broadband) in the UK. Your laptop used on this WiFi AP in Spain has a local not internet routable IP address on the local network. The APs handle the VPN connection from Spain to UK home/friend. Result: The traffic is routed from the UK AP to the company and therefore the IT department and the company laptop would not know where you are. The DNS entry on the company VPN concentrator is the UK home/friend IP address on the logs. This works if you're using VPN software on the laptop. If it's Citrix, it will still work well.

True. I had assumed a public VPN service.
I personally wouldn’t do it as you describe though. Too much reliance on a local internet you can’t fix.
Use AWS or Azure. They don’t get flagged as public VPN by the risk algorithms.

[Antman]

You wouldn't know.

If set up properly, your IT department will have no idea. Solution is this: You set up a VPN on your access point/router/whatever in Spain and it connects to your home broadband (or a nice friend on fibre broadband) in the UK. Your laptop used on this WiFi AP in Spain has a local not internet routable IP address on the local network. The APs handle the VPN connection from Spain to UK home/friend. Result: The traffic is routed from the UK AP to the company and therefore the IT department and the company laptop would not know where you are. The DNS entry on the company VPN concentrator is the UK home/friend IP address on the logs. This works if you're using VPN software on the laptop. If it's Citrix, it will still work well.

yeah, that's what I meant!

[rogerfederer]

If you tried that on systems I've setup, you'll be flagged as a high-risk user and be blocked.
They you'd be talking to the security people about what you've done that flagged that risky behaviour.

It will work in most cases though.

You wouldn't know.

If set up properly, your IT department will have no idea. Solution is this: You set up a VPN on your access point/router/whatever in Spain and it connects to your home broadband (or a nice friend on fibre broadband) in the UK. Your laptop used on this WiFi AP in Spain has a local not internet routable IP address on the local network. The APs handle the VPN connection from Spain to UK home/friend. Result: The traffic is routed from the UK AP to the company and therefore the IT department and the company laptop would not know where you are. The DNS entry on the company VPN concentrator is the UK home/friend IP address on the logs. This works if you're using VPN software on the laptop. If it's Citrix, it will still work well.

[oliverson]

I've worked from Spain part of the week every winter for the last 3 years. Hopefully this winter will be 100% remote so I won't have to fly back and forth each week, which would be fortunate as I can't imagine there being anything like the same level of flights.

[GhostofTarbera]

Amateurs

Step one, get a office backdrop screen you can take with you to Spain

Step two, setup a home VPN using a raspberry pi (google it)

Step 3, move to Spain attend any meetings using same background

No one will every know you are out of the uk






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[northernladuk]

If her employer is OK with it then I'm not sure what else can be a problem. It's their data thst ats risk. I'm sitting here in Germany unable to work as my client won't allow kit out of the country without a very good reason. My sons company would allow it but would need to sign a ton of stuff.

Make sure you've got a mail with the OK from the client and they are aware it's a country that you will be quarantined from and off you go.

[courtg9000]

You should be ok on both of these. With regard to the second one you will potentially be in Spain fr less than 90 days.
What the situation is after January 31 though is anyone's guess.

[GitMaster69]

If you tried that on systems I've setup, you'll be flagged as a high-risk user and be blocked.
They you'd be talking to the security people about what you've done that flagged that risky behaviour.

It will work in most cases though.

If you've done that on systems I've created, absolutely nothing would happen

[Lance]

Can't you just set-up a VPN for this?

If you tried that on systems I've setup, you'll be flagged as a high-risk user and be blocked.
They you'd be talking to the security people about what you've done that flagged that risky behaviour.

It will work in most cases though.

[Antman]

Can't you just set-up a VPN for this?

[jayn200]

Probably fine on first one but can just ask. There are certain types of data you would need to make sure are handled correctly but this usually also means not downloading the data locally to a laptop and accessing it offline either as you no longer have a trail of who has accessed it at that point.

Probably no tax implications, I probably wouldn't volunteer the information either to anyone. Just treat it like you would a shorter working holiday (not professional advice)

[Lance]

Wife works from home and is likely to do so for some time.

We have the opportunity to spend some time in Spain (covid permitting) and her company are OK about her working abroad though it may depend on for how long. A couple of questions for anyone who may help:

1. Are there any data issues in her accessing UK data from Spain and potentially holding it on her laptop.
2. Are there any likely tax implications in her working for a UK company but from Spain. We are looking at possibly 2/3 months.

Thanks.

1. Ask the client/employers data controller.
2. 2/3 months is fine. You are UK resident still. And have an EHIC card for health care.

[SussexSeagull]

GDPR is at the moment Britain and Europe wide but haven't got a clue what happens after January 1st.

[Hertsseasider]

Wife works from home and is likely to do so for some time.

We have the opportunity to spend some time in Spain (covid permitting) and her company are OK about her working abroad though it may depend on for how long. A couple of questions for anyone who may help:

1. Are there any data issues in her accessing UK data from Spain and potentially holding it on her laptop.
2. Are there any likely tax implications in her working for a UK company but from Spain. We are looking at possibly 2/3 months.

Thanks.