JLINC is a protocol for sharing data protected by an agreement on the terms under which the data is being shared. The agreement is known as an Information Sharing Agreement (ISA),which can be a reference to a standardized agreement (a Standard InformationSharing Agreement or SISA) or to a one-off

The US PTO issued Internet Data Usage Control System on January 17, 2023. The patent grants broad coverage for JLINC, which provides a new mechanism to control how data may be used after it is exchanged. Originally developed to give people agency over personal data, as required under GDPR in