A JISC Legal report, funded by JISC's Information Environment Programme, 2009-2011
For FE and HE institutions, providing secure and convenient access to a comprehensive collection of scholarly and educational material from external services is central to building an online information environment. Considering the vast quantities of user activity information generated as learners interact with learning materials held by third party providers, universities and colleges face many challenges in effectively and securely ensuring that individuals’ rights are protected.
JISC Legal, in its latest study, ‘Consent Management - Handling Personalisation Data Lawfully,’ addresses clear questions that arise in relation to learners’ access and identity:
- Must an institution always get the consent of learners if it wants to process their information in a new and innovative way?
- What is the best means of administering the individual consent of learners to various processing activities that will occur with their data?
- What laws apply to the vast quantities of user activity data that are generated as learners participate in and engage with online resources?
Download the full report here - Word or PDF format.
Good Practice Recommendations
In addition, for those looking for a brief overview of the main practical issues affecting those working at the sharp end, we have extracted our Good Practice recommendations from within the report and published these separately. Again you can download these here in Word or PDF format.