JISC Legal : News

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

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.

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.

JISC infoNet has published research on the true cost to an HE institution of processing an FOI request.

Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information on its website.

The Equality Challenge Unit would like to hear about the steps that institutions take in order  to overcome disabling barriers users may encounter when required to access and make use of services.

The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.

The High Court states that even where private individuals are expressing their own views online the requirements of lawful processing in the DPA can apply.

The Government recently confirmed that a new small claims service to be introduced at the Patents County Court (PCC) will place a limit on fixed costs and permit damages of up to £5000 to be awarded per case.

The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 are now in force and require that Equality Duty compliance information must be published by the end of January 2012.

Prior explicit consent to processing will be necessary under proposed new EU data protection laws.

Embedding information rights in education project to be led by Edinburgh's Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.

ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.