Posted on May 23, 2012 14:42
ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 12:31
The UK Government has published new guidance for civil servants covering the benefits and pitfalls of social media.
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Posted on May 22, 2012 11:12
To meet the needs of librarians involved in the acquisition of electronic resources, UKSG is offering a practical one-day Licensing and Negotiation Skills course.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 16:52
Creative Commons is working on the 4.0 suite of licences - a draft is now available.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 11:12
Improving the protection of freedom of speech and increasing access to vital communications, including internet use, are proposed in the Queen's speech.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 11:51
Where copyright infringing third party material is included in an ‘e-thesis’, liability will lie with all parties who have taken part in the activity that is infringement.
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Posted on May 18, 2012 08:57
The ICO is to make changes to the information a public authority is required to release proactively in its FOI publication scheme.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 13:17
It is reported today that the majority of the UK government’s many websites will miss the deadline for compliance with the cookie legislation.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 11:55
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) event, hosted by UKOLN, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 18th - 20th June 2012.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 12:15
A story published this week in the
Higher Education network blog highlights the issue of universities monitoring social media sites.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 10:26
Twitter is contesting a US court order requiring it to hand over a user's message history.
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Posted on May 10, 2012 13:30
This QMUL paper looks at the developments in cloud contracts including those which will increase legal certainty and compliance.
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Posted on May 04, 2012 15:50
The Protection of Freedoms Act, 2012 achieved royal assent on 01 May 2012.
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Posted on May 04, 2012 11:09
Learners have a right of privacy to personal communications (article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) but colleges have ... (
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Posted on May 03, 2012 15:20
The House of Commons European Scrutiny Committee today published a report which concludes that the draft agreement on the European Unified Patent Court is likely to hinder rather than help the enforcement of patents within the European Union.
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Posted on May 03, 2012 11:19
The EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA has launched a practical guide for IT procurement teams which assesses the security of cloud service providers.
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Posted on May 02, 2012 11:26
An employment tribunal recently held that an employee was fairly sacked for posting obscene Facebook messages.
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Posted on May 01, 2012 16:45
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.
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Posted on May 01, 2012 15:24
This document is available in Word and PDF. JISC Legal Monthly Newsletter: May 2012Legal Guidance for ICT Use in Education, Resear...
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Posted on May 01, 2012 14:58
A Welsh health board has been issued with a £70,000 fine following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act,1998.
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Posted on May 01, 2012 11:47
UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) including Sky, Virgin Media and Talk Talk must block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the High Court has ruled.
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Posted on April 30, 2012 13:58
Despite fewer fines for private firms than public organisations over an eleven month period, the Information Commissioner’s Office says issuing monetary penalties depends on strict criteria, not whether an organisation is private or public.
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Posted on April 27, 2012 12:42
This document is available in Word and PDF format. 1. Introduction2. Moral Rights and How They Are Protected3. Works Affected By Moral...
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Posted on April 27, 2012 12:25
The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.
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Posted on April 27, 2012 12:12
To purpose of this
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Posted on April 27, 2012 10:48
A recent Opinion for the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has taken a pragmatic approach to the law surrounding the resale of unwanted computer programs.
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Posted on April 26, 2012 14:18
A court found YouTube contributed to copyright infringement by its users by failing to act quickly to remove unlawful content after it was notified by rights holders.
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Posted on April 26, 2012 11:54
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Posted on April 24, 2012 15:42
The Information Rights Tribunal has ruled that the names of three junior members of staff who dealt with complaints made to the Financial Services Authority should have been disclosed as part of a Freedom of Information request.
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Posted on April 24, 2012 14:17
The Information Rights Tribunal recently ruled that the names of three junior members of staff who dealt with complaints made to the Financial Services Authority should have been disclosed as part of a Freedom of Information request.
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Posted on April 23, 2012 11:19
Staff at institutions using mobile devices in teaching and learning may be interested in providing their views on how to regulate wireless networked devices.
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Posted on April 20, 2012 14:04
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.
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Posted on April 17, 2012 09:46
The training course provides an introduction to the principles of copyright law and practice.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 16:13
Copyright and accessibility law need to be considered when using mobile devices. To help give you confidence in your compliance with the law, here are top tips for getting to grips with copyright and accessibility when using mobile devices.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 11:11
Under the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 librarians can make a copy of an article on behalf of a student provided that they comply with the provisions set out in
ss.38 and 39.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 11:03
A healthcare trust has undertaken to encrypt all mobile devices and provide appropriate staff training following the loss of two memory sticks containing patient information.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 09:31
This guidance is intended for university or college archives dealing with bequests of research papers and provides information on the legal issues which need to be considered in particular where an institution intends to digitise and add documents to an institutional repository.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 09:30
Where research papers are bequeathed to an institution copyright, data protection and freedom of information are relevant legal areas to consider, and the issues are summarised in the FAQ.
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Posted on April 13, 2012 11:22
An IPO online survey seeks to assess the effectiveness of design law in the UK.
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Posted on April 11, 2012 08:55
The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.
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Posted on April 10, 2012 12:52
Social networking websites used to threaten teachers.
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Posted on April 05, 2012 10:32
JISC Legal offices will be closed on Friday 6 April 2012 and Monday 9 April 2012. Normal service will resume on Tuesday 10 April 2012.
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Our Mobile Technologies and the Law webcast (streamed live on 14 March 2012) can now be accessed in captioned, bite-sized segments. 
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Full transcriptSection 1: Introductionhttp://video.strath.ac.uk/12/001-12-01.wvx^M00:00:03 [JACKIE MILNE SPEAKING]Good afternoon and welcome to this l...
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On behalf of SCORE, librarians completed a survey on institutional engagement in OER. The survey is now available to download.
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Posted on April 02, 2012 10:47
The Department for Education is to appeal the ICO decision which ordered Michael Gove to release information contained in private emails.
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Emails although sent from a staff member's private email account can still be subject to FOIA.
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JISC infoNet has published research on the true cost to an HE institution of processing an FOI request.
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