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Monitoring Social Media in Education
A story published this week in the Higher Education network blog highlights the issue of universities monitoring social media sites. (Posted on 11/05/12)

Twitter Resists Order to Hand over Tweets
Twitter is contesting a US court order requiring it to hand over a user's message history. (Posted on 11/05/12)

New Cloud Computing and Contracts Paper Published
This QMUL paper looks at the developments in cloud contracts including those which will increase legal certainty and compliance. (Posted on 10/05/12)

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012
The Protection of Freedoms Act, 2012 achieved royal assent on 01 May 2012. (Posted on 04/05/12)

Unified Patent Court Not Fit For Purpose
The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee today published a report which concludes that the draft agreement on the European Unified Patent Court is likely to hinder rather than help the enforcement of patents within the European Union. (Posted on 03/05/12)

New Guide for Monitoring Cloud Computing Contracts

The EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA has launched a practical guide for IT procurement teams which assesses the security of cloud service providers.

(Posted on 03/05/12)

Facebook Comments Result in Sacking

An employment tribunal recently held that an employee was fairly sacked for posting obscene Facebook messages.

(Posted on 02/05/12)

Digital Economy Act's Anti-Piracy Measured Delayed

The Digital Economy Act 2010 was given royal assent late on Thursday, 8 April 2010, following the final reading of the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Commons, the previous night.

(Posted on 01/05/12)

NHS in Serious Data Breach
A Welsh health board has been issued with a £70,000 fine following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act,1998.
(Posted on 01/05/12)

UK ISPs Must Block Pirate Bay
UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including Sky, Virgin Media and Talk Talk must block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the High Court has ruled. (Posted on 01/05/12)

Fair's Fair in Fines Issued Says the ICO
Despite fewer fines for private firms than public organisations over an eleven month period, the Information Commissioner’s Office says issuing monetary penalties depends on strict criteria, not whether an organisation is private or public. (Posted on 30/04/12)

New Legal Opinion on Resale of Software

A recent Opinion for the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has taken a pragmatic approach to the law surrounding the resale of unwanted computer programs.

(Posted on 27/04/12)

YouTube Contributes to Copyright Infringement Court Rules
A court found YouTube contributed to copyright infringement by its users by failing to act quickly to remove unlawful content after it was notified by rights holders. (Posted on 26/04/12)

Names of Junior Staff Investigating Complaints not Personal Data
The Information Rights Tribunal recently ruled that the names of three junior members of staff who dealt with complaints made to the Financial Services Authority should have been disclosed as part of a Freedom of Information request. (Posted on 24/04/12)

JISC Advance Publishes e-Annual Report
JISC Advance has published its e-Annual Report for 2010-11, mentioning JISC Legal's Cloud Computing and the Law toolkit. (Posted on 24/04/12)

EC Consultation on Regulating the Internet of Things

Staff at institutions using mobile devices in teaching and learning may be interested in providing their views on how to regulate wireless networked devices.

(Posted on 23/04/12)

UK and US Collaboration Improves Patent Examination Efficiency

A joint report published by the UKIPO and the USPTO concludes that both offices have been making efficient use of each other's work, resulting in an improvement in the quality of patents being granted.

(Posted on 20/04/12)

Unencrypted Devices Pose 'Unnecessary Risk' for Sensitive Data
A healthcare trust has undertaken to encrypt all mobile devices and provide appropriate staff training following the loss of two memory sticks containing patient information. (Posted on 16/04/12)

Improving the Effectiveness of UK Design Law

An IPO online survey seeks to assess the effectiveness of design law in the UK.

(Posted on 13/04/12)

ICC UK Cookie Guidance for Website Operators

The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.

(Posted on 11/04/12)

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