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Posted on September 18, 2009 15:52
The Ministry of Justice seeks views on updating defamation law so it is fit for the modern age.
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Posted on September 16, 2009 10:03
Creative Commons report defines terms “commercial” and “noncommercial”.
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Posted on September 07, 2009 10:49
Authors had until Friday 4 Sept to opt out of the controversial Google Books settlement.
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Posted on September 04, 2009 11:16
Licensing agreement means music videos go back online.
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Posted on September 01, 2009 14:50
Consultation now open on Scottish Government privacy proposals.
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Posted on September 01, 2009 10:24
From 1 April 2009 certain overseas printed and digital material is added to the CLA HE Licences.
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Posted on August 28, 2009 12:06
On 16 June 2009, the Government published the Digital Britain Final Report.
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Posted on August 25, 2009 16:12
New payment proposals for loans of e-books and audiobooks.
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Posted on August 20, 2009 16:06
Unencrypted laptops are not sufficiently secure, say ICO.
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Posted on August 18, 2009 11:56
Results are in from Scottish Government's FOISA survey on Section 61 Code of Practice on Records Management.
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Posted on August 18, 2009 09:58
Increase in investigations and disciplinary actions for data leakage through email, social networks and blogs.
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Posted on August 07, 2009 16:16
A retired Professor who has written a series of books during the course of his retirement has expressed concerns about ‘the minefield of obtaining permissions’.
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Posted on August 04, 2009 10:47
A series of emails and phone calls did not establish a contract, the Court of Appeal has held in University of Plymouth accommodation case.
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Posted on August 03, 2009 16:26
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the reproduction of eleven words from news articles can be unlawful.
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Posted on August 01, 2009 13:43
UK Digital Archive (UKDA) workshops on managing and sharing research data, including copyright, confidentiality and ethics.
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Posted on August 01, 2009 09:46
Professor claimed unauthorised access to sensitive data.
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Posted on July 31, 2009 10:49
ICO concerned about plans to gather more communications data.
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Posted on July 30, 2009 12:10
A high visibilty disclaimer may help avoid liability for mistakes on a website.
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Posted on July 30, 2009 09:53
University of Glasgow to license the use of IP created by academic researchers without royalties.
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Posted on July 29, 2009 09:09
Stolen 'password protected' laptops lacked adequate security - ICO.
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Posted on July 28, 2009 16:13
Downloadable segments of the webcast on Web 2.0 and the Law for e-Tutors are now available on our website.
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Posted on July 21, 2009 15:56
We're sorry to say goodbye to Mahesh, who has been a Legal Information Specialist with JISC Legal for over three years.
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Posted on July 21, 2009 11:07
Five NHS Trusts have been criticised by the ICO over loss of patients' sensitive personal data.
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Posted on July 21, 2009 10:48
UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) rules that a web page can be considered prior art and the date on the webpage could be taken at face value.
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Posted on July 21, 2009 10:35
A man has been jailed for snooping in on police databases to collect information for terrorists.
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Posted on July 20, 2009 00:50
Please note that JISC Legal is on holiday on Monday, 20 July 2009.
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Posted on July 15, 2009 00:51
Amberhawk Training Limited have announced the launch of a new information law blog called "Hawktalk".
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Posted on July 08, 2009 16:21
New Regulations increase the annual notification fee to £500 for some FE and HE institutions that are not charities.
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Posted on July 01, 2009 14:41
The Ministry of Justice has published the 4th report on the operation of the FOI 2000 Act in Central Government 2008.
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Posted on July 01, 2009 11:15
The definition of a public authority for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998 is being clarified in a new parliamentary bill
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Posted on June 18, 2009 13:31
The High Court has ruled that a blogger has no reasonable expectation to anonymity due to the public nature of the activity.
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Posted on June 18, 2009 10:42
The British Library launches its 19th century newspaper website.
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Posted on June 18, 2009 09:35
UK Information Commissioner’s Office seeks interested parties to undertake a privacy research project.
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Posted on June 16, 2009 15:23
JISC Digital Media announce the launch of their new service Video Assist.
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Posted on June 16, 2009 15:18
This JISC project assesses the impact of Orphan Works on the delivery of services to the public.
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Posted on June 12, 2009 15:12
The ICO has published privacy notice codes of practice.
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Posted on June 12, 2009 15:05
BCS has published the 'Personal Data Guardianship Code' for confidential information.
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Posted on June 10, 2009 15:00
A FOI request may be refused because of time already spent on it.
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Posted on June 08, 2009 14:52
ICO issues handbook on handling personal information and managing privacy risks.
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Posted on June 08, 2009 14:48
Legal team denied access to pupil database due to potential human rights violation.
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Posted on June 08, 2009 14:44
Phishing emails are targeting the academic community.
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Posted on June 05, 2009 14:40
British Standards Institution publish guide on data protection compliance.
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Posted on June 05, 2009 14:13
The European Commission wants a single EU patent to cover all countries signed up to the European Patent Convention.
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Posted on June 05, 2009 14:09
New measures are introduced expanding the existing criteria for the Disabled Students Allowance.
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Posted on June 05, 2009 13:54
Universal and Warner Bros are suing a European web video start up that they claim is illegally profiting from broadcasting their movies online.
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Posted on June 03, 2009 09:44
Information Commissioner makes decision on Cambridge University FOI case.
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Posted on June 02, 2009 16:02
More than 200 laptops, PCs and memory sticks containing confidential data have been lost by Scottish councils and health boards.
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Posted on June 02, 2009 14:31
The Department of Health in conjunction with the Information Commissioner allows patients to delete thier records.
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Posted on May 29, 2009 10:28
Bloggers are at increasing risk of getting sued or threatened with legal action regarding their online postings.
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Posted on May 25, 2009 15:07
German Data Protection regulator threatens Google if the search engine fails to comply with privacy laws.
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