JISC Legal : News

New Regulations increase the annual notification fee to £500 for some FE and HE institutions that are not charities. 

UK Information Commissioner’s Office seeks interested parties to undertake a privacy research project.

The ICO has published privacy notice codes of practice.

BCS has published the 'Personal Data Guardianship Code' for confidential information. 

ICO issues handbook on handling personal information and managing privacy risks.

Legal team denied access to pupil database due to potential human rights violation.

Phishing emails are targeting the academic community.

British Standards Institution publish guide on data protection compliance.

More than 200 laptops, PCs and memory sticks containing confidential data have been lost by Scottish councils and health boards.

The Department of Health in conjunction with the Information Commissioner allows patients to delete  thier records.

German Data Protection regulator threatens Google if the search engine fails to comply with privacy laws.

The University of Manchester has inadvertently published the personal data of 1700 students.

The European Commission has pledged to take action to prevent new technologies invading the privacy of individuals.

Draft regulations to implement the last part of Directive 2006/24/EC in the UK, were issued on 17 February 2009. The regulations will apply to data generated or processed in the UK by public communication providers.

The Coroners and Justice Bill has been heavily criticised by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for having weak safeguards, wide provisions and the potential to threaten our privacy.

The world’s main social network companies have agreed to adopt measures to keep personal details of teens secure.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is losing patience with the disproportionate use of CCTV in schools and colleges.

The Justice Committee published its third report on the work of the Information Commissioner on 9 February.

A paper investigating the data protection implications of changes proposed in the Coroner's and Justice Bill has been published.