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New Jisc Legal BYOD Toolkit

The toolkit will be useful to those colleges and universities that have not yet set out their approach or offered guidance to their staff and students on BYOD.

(02/05/13)
University Sends Personal Data to Wrong Recipient
An English university, according to a BBC news story, sent an individual’s confidential documents to a former student with the same name. (26/04/13)
ICO Publishes New EIR Guidance
The ICO has published new guidance on the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. (19/04/13)
SIC Updates Vexatious Briefing
The Scottish Information Commissioner has recently updated her guidance on dealing with vexatious requests. (08/04/13)
Serious Data Protection Risks for App Users
A new opinion from the Article 29 Working Party examines the legal framework for processing personal data in developing, distributing and using apps on smart devices. (19/03/13)
Emails of University Deans Searched in Cheating Investigation

A university has admitted authorising a search in order to establish whether a leak of information was deliberate or not.

(13/03/13)
ICO Publishes BYOD Guidance
This new guidance considers the data protection issues raised by bringing your own device for use in the workplace. (07/03/13)
Pinterested in the Legal Risks?
Jisc Legal has produced a short video Pinterest, Image Sharing Websites and the Law highlighting the copyright and privacy implications of posting images to image sharing websites like Pinterest. (05/03/13)
Keeping on the Right Side of Twitter Law
A new article outlines the legal pitfalls of twitter use. (26/02/13)
Majority of Data Breaches Involve Outsourcing
A new security report reveals that mobile malware increased fourfold in 2012. (13/02/13)
Personal Information and Public Transport - Treat With Caution
The Court of Appeal decided that a health trust was justified in convening a disciplinary panel for gross misconduct for breach of confidentiality in relation to reading patient files and discussing patient details whilst on a train. (08/02/13)
How to Defuse the e-Safety Time Bomb?

NSPCC says lessons on internet safety are needed in all schools for children as young as five.

(05/02/13)
Whatsapp Raises BYOD Privacy Concern
A popular messaging app has fallen foul of data protection authorities regarding how contact lists are stored. (30/01/13)
Skype and Privacy

Questions have arisen about the extent to which Skype guarantees privacy of calls made through it.

(29/01/13)
Cookies - ICO to Change How it Gets Cookie Consent

The ICO plans to introduce "implied consent" in order to get more reliable usage information.

(25/01/13)
Survey Highlights BYOD Issues
Colleges and universities considering supporting staff and students’ use of their own mobile devices to facilitate teaching and learning will be interested in the results of a recent survey which indicates growth in companies adopting the BYOD model. (24/01/13)
Time Running Out to Respond to Code of Practice (datasets) Consultation
The Government Consultation on the draft Code of Practice for public authorities to help them meet the new statutory duty to publish datasets ends on 10th January 2013. (03/01/13)
New FOI Guidance for Research Information in HE
The ICO has produced new guidance to increase academics’ and researchers’ understanding and equip practitioners to deal with the challenges that FOI legislation poses for research information. (21/12/12)
Instagram States it Does Not Intend to Sell Photos
Instagram, the photo-sharing service owned by Facebook, has denied that changes to its terms of service and privacy policy give it the right to sell users’ photographs to advertisers without notification. (20/12/12)
Councils Fined for Losing Personal Data
Four local councils were issued significant civil monetary penalties for losing personal data.   (18/12/12)
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