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Institutions have a legal duty in terms of Health and Safety legislation to protect staff, students and others from any reasonably foreseeable harm as well as a common law duty of care towards staff, students and others.
This Cybercrime overview paper explores the main obligations imposed on institutions concerning the provision and use of IT facilities in terms of cybercrime.
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An examination of what legal duty of care is required in the ICT environment by FE and HE institutions.
A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.
On 8 April 2010 the Equality Act received royal assent after completing its parliamentary process.
The Royal Bank of Scotland recently lost their appeal against the decision that they were in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.
JISC TechDis, a JISC Advance service, works with the HE and FE sector in the UK in the field of accessibility and inclusion. http://www.techdis.ac.uk
A CD containing sensitive personal data was discovered at a bus stop and was unencrypted with no password protection.
JISC has launched a toolkit to allow a better understanding of the legal issues involved in managing identity issues.
JISC Legal's Jackie Milne will be presenting on e-Safety on RSCtv, a resource sponsored by RSC Scotland South and West.
JISC Legal will be participating in the JISC Online Conference- Innovating e-Learning on the 23-26 November 2010.
