Large fines imposed on councils after insufficient security measures led to highly sensitive information being compromised.

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This guidance is intended for those in colleges and universities with responsibility for data protection, and for those involved in the introduction and use of mobile devices.

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JISC Legal's website will be undergoing essential maintenance from 5pm on Friday, 10 February.  The works are expected to last several hours.

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The workshop is for senior managers, project leaders and decision makers who have an understanding of copyright law and will explore creating an environment and toolkit for dealing with copyright issues appropriately.

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Building upon the Copyright Essentials course, this Masterclass will provide more in-depth training about the copyright legislation, relevant case law and other related rights to help participants develop the necessary skills in order for them to become more expert in copyright.

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Provides an introduction to the principles of copyright law and practice and is suitable for librarians and information professionals with very little knowledge about copyright or for those who wish to refresh their skills.

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The IPO is holding a free copyright consultation event on Tuesday 21 February 2012 10:30 - 12:30 in Edinburgh.

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The Ministry of Justice has put out a call for evidence to data controllers and other interested groups on the likely impact of the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation and Directive.

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This guidance is intended for staff in UK colleges and universities who may be asked to provide course materials in response to a freedom of information request.

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The focus of the seminar will be on the European Commission's proposed comprehensive reform of data protection rules.  

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A new report published by Beatbullying considers the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK. 

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Html version of JISC Legal's guidance on "Release of Course Materials Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000"

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The HTML version of JISC Legal's guidance on Security, Mobile Devices and the Data Protection

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This webcast will look at the legal issues in the use of mobile technologies in colleges and universities. It will allow colleges and universities to go forward with an awareness of the legal risks, and being confident in compliance. 

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The recent demise of a file sharing service highlights the risks for colleges and universities in considering a move to the cloud or other external service providers.

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Scottish Parliament to approve the appointment of Rosemary Agnew as the new Scottish Information Commissioner.

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The new ICO  guidance is a plain English guide aimed at public authorities and provides a basic overview of the law.

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We have introduced shortened URLs to make life easier for you.

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A tribunal found that where emails are deleted but still exist on back-up servers, they are nonetheless considered to be ‘held’ by an organisation and subject to FOI legislation. 

 

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On five occasions, a local authority sent sensitive personal information about children and carers to the wrong people causing obvious ‘serious upset’.

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The ICO has launched a campaign called Access Aware aimed at increasing awareness within organisations of their data protection obligations in particular what a subject access request looks like and what to do if one is received.

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Under the Freedom of information Act 2000 (FOIA) at s.1(1) any person making a request for information held by a public authority is entitled to have it provided to him.  Most colleges and universities are public authorities under the FOIA and student coursework held by a university or college would be ‘information held’.

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The new proposals aim to update and harmonise the current EU data protection regime including strengthening individuals’ rights.

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The new proposals aim to update and harmonise the current EU data protection regime including strengthening individuals’ rights.

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New supplementary guidance from the GMC entitled 'Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients' is now available from their website.  

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The Intellectual Property Office is looking for input on the new small patent claims procedures proposals, which have been designed to simplify and speed up the process.

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New guidance for colleges and universities has been produced to help maximise the return on investment in knowledge transfer activities.

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Social networking sites are changing privacy settings by default which means users' information could be passed on to third party sites.

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The fees regulations under FOI broadly cover 2 areas- (1) Fee charges for information provided through the publication scheme and (2) fee charges for specific information requests

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JISC Legal is working in partnership with JISC Advance and RSC Wales to offer a free online seminar on Cloud Computing and the Law.

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A new special report to the Scottish Parliament discusses the current state of FOI in Scotland.

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Further to our news posting last month, we can confirm that the proposal for the review of the EU Directive (95/46/EC) has been delayed until late February/March.

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This guidance is intended for staff in independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with varying learning needs due to disability issues.

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The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.

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Where an FOI request is made which covers course materials, colleges and universities may be reluctant to release these, as they are often seen as part of the institution’s assets...(cont'd)

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The ICO describes its approach to security compliance, information rights outcomes sought and current fields of action.

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The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

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FE and HE institutions have an opportunity to contribute their views on copyright licensing in the UK as Richard Hooper issues a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

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The blog post at http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/law-and-media-tweets-and-tweeters-updated-105-people-to-follow-judith-townend/ gives a u...

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The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner this week published its report of an audit of Facebook Ireland Ltd.  

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Colleges and universities have the opportunity to provide evidence of their own experiences in working with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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The UK Government has highlighted the cost burden which may be placed on public authorities in complying with some FOI requests for information.

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In terms of copyright law, screenings by a university or college film club will be considered as showing a work in public and as such will be one of the restricted acts which the copyright owner is able to control under the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA).

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To stream a feature film there are two issues involved, and two possible sets of permission required .... (cont)

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

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The Advertising Standards Authority recently reported a marked increase in complaints about digital marketing communications, following a change to their remit in this regard earlier this year.

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The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.

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A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.

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Guidance has been issued by the ICO on how the rules apply for those operating websites and using cookies.

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A leaked draft EU regulation reveals that legal requirements under data protection law will be tightened up.

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