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A blogger’s failure to delete a critical comment on his own blog upon discovery of the derogatory post meant that he could not sue for defamation, according to the High Court.

The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh will be the new location for the Agency for the Legal Deposit Libraries (ALDL).

 Home Office in serious breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 after a contractor lost an unencrypted memory stick.

The Hebrew University in Jerusalem has been awarded £44,000 as compensation for a breach of its intellectual property rights.

Two free databases have been set up by the Intellectual Property Office on recommendation of the Gowers review.

Freedom of Information requests from "Mickey Mouse" or "Mrs Sue D Nym" will not be accepted by the information commissioner, new guidance says.

JISC Legal is currently preparing materials which consider particular legal issues that could arise in relation to the use of technology in art, design and media studies in UK colleges and universities.

5th Annual Freedom of Information Conference in London on 12-13 May this year.

A draft set of instructions on creating and managing personal information has been produced by the national standards body, the BSI.

The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) has appointed an expert panel to contribute to the government review of the UK copyright framework.

The Information Commissioner criticises privacy policies.

More than half of public and private sector organisations are still unaware of where personal data is collected and stored.

A spa worker in Canada who was hired to a company via Facebook also received the pink slip for not appearing for a meeting.

We are pleased to announce the addition of Jackie Milne to the JISC Legal team.

A court in Australia has served its court orders via the social networking website Facebook.

The CLA has recently updated its list of UK digital material publishers that have opted-in to the HE digital licences.

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has exercised powers granted to it under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (CDPA).

The UK government has been criticised for failing to ratify the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities.

A laptop belonging to the UK Security Service MI5 was stolen through the window of the MI5 hideout.

The Section 60 Code of Practice on the Discharge of Functions by Public Authorities provides guidance to Scottish public authorities on practices they should follow in meeting their FOI obligations.