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BUFVC still have some places available on its "Copyright Clearance for Print, Broadcast and Multimedia Production" one-day course on Wednesday 22 September 2010 in Central London.  For more information, and booking, visit http://bufvc.ac.uk/courses.

The recent case of Zurich Insurance receiving a £2.275 million fine for loss of personal data highlights the risks involved in managing data transfer when outsourcing IT services.

Online marketing and advertisments will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.

A new law seeks to balance the protection of an employee's personal data with the legitimate rights of employers. 

The UK IT industry has raised serious concerns over the worrying decrease in numbers of students taking formal ICT qualifications.

Minister suggests law reform by Parliament is required to prevent judicial decisions creating a privacy law 'by stealth'.

A CD containing sensitive personal data was discovered at a bus stop and was unencrypted with no password protection.

A research programme into intellectual property and its value to the British economy has been unveiled.

One in twenty employees face a reprimand for email 'bloomers'.   

A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.

A glitch in Middlesex University’s I.T system meant 2500 acceptance letters mistakenly offering places were sent out to applicants.

Google's chief executive warns of the future impact of making personal information freely available online. 

FE and HE institutions need to present clear arguments when they decide to withhold information.

Experian survey finds that more than 50 per cent of passwords are made up of information freely available online, putting millions at potential risk of identity fraud.

More Facebook users are reporting suspicious behaviour.

A landmark ruling held that covert surveillance by a local authority to establish whether a family lived at a particular address was not necessary, not proportionate and breached their right to privacy.

The vice-chancellor of Queen Mary, University of London, has argued that giving academics the intellectual property rights to their work to universities will stimulate greater involvement in external engagement and knowledge dissemination.

Research community calls for extension to fair dealing provisions under UK copyright law

An indecent image of children posted onto a law student’s Facebook page, together with a comment falsely indicating he was a paedophile, was held to be defamatory and deeply offensive.

A working party representing 37 EU countries is currently negotiating the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which intends to tackle online copyright infringements on an international level.