Three new guidance papers on handling vexatious, manifestly unreasonable, and repeat requests in an FOI and EIR context have been published by the ICO.

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A new Intellectual Property Bill proposes changes to the UK's intellectual property regime.

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A new Intellectual Property Bill proposes changes to the UK's intellectual property regime.  The changes are being brought in an attempt to simplify patent and design protection laws and to help businesses be better off as a result of the changes. 

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The toolkit will be useful to those colleges and universities that have not yet set out their approach or offered guidance to their staff and students on BYOD.

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The purpose of the reforms is to ensure that defamation legislation is fit for modern times.  The Act aims to strike a balance between the right to freedom of expression and the protection of reputation.

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The ICO has published new guidance on the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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This workshop examines all the latest FOI decisions and guidance and applies them to real life scenarios.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This practical workshop is designed to examine the key issues around giving access to commercially sensitive and contract information owned by public authorities or received from private sector partners through contracts and tenders.

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A freedom of information request has revealed a sharp increase in the number of laptops, mobiles and tablet devices lost by or stolen from BBC staff in 2011 compared to 2010.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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The ISEB Certificate in Freedom of Information is ideal for those who wish to have their knowledge and expertise recognised through a formal qualification.

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Practical FOI answers those tricky questions that you may have about the Act by looking at what the Information Commissioner, the Tribunals and others have to say about them.

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Practical FOI answers those tricky questions that you may have about the Act by looking at what the Information Commissioner, the Tribunals and others have to say about them.

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This workshop examines all the latest FOI decisions and guidance and applies them to real life scenarios.

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This workshop examines all the latest FOI decisions and guidance and applies them to real life scenarios.

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The Scottish Information Commissioner has recently updated her guidance on dealing with vexatious requests.

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The Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) gives anyone the right to access any recorded information held by a Scottish public authority.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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If you recycle, heat your buildings, provide staff parking or just turn on the air conditioning, the information you hold about is environmental, and you're covered. Knowledge of FOI is not enough to get by.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This workshop examines all the latest FOI decisions and guidance and applies them to real life scenarios.

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Practical FOI answers those tricky questions that you may have about the Act by looking at what the Information Commissioner, the Tribunals and others have to say about them.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This interactive workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act and the exemptions.

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This course will examine how the law affects their CCTV system, what paperwork they need in place, how to train CCTV operators, and how to supply images to others.

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This workshop will help delegates to adopt the new authorisation process, prepare for an Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) inspection and implement any action points from a previous inspection.

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Act Now's EIR workshop will help you to untie the knots and understand what to do and how it works.

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The workshop is packed full of exercises and real life case studies designed to teach delegates the basics of the FOISA and its exemptions.

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Emails directly related to work activities, even resulting from blog participation, were still ‘held’ by a University and not exempt from disclosure.

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This workshop will shed light on the law and best practice in this complex area.

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The workshop examines all the latest FOI decisions and guidance and applies them to real life scenarios.

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This is an ideal course for those wishing to update their FOISA knowledge and do not have time or budgets to attend the full day course.

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This is an ideal course for those wishing to update their FOI knowledge and do not have time or budgets to attend the full day course.

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The workshop is designed to teach delegates the basics of the Act (including validating requests, time limits and fees) and the exemptions. It is ideal for new employees (on induction) as well as those requiring a basic knowledge of FOI.

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The Act Now Practitioner Certificate in Freedom of Information (Scotland) is a qualification for those who work with Freedom of Information and the Environmental Information Regulations in Scotland.

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Guidance from the Upper Tribunal on vexatious requests.

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In this updated “Definition document for universities and other higher education institutions” the ICO sets out in some detail guidance on the types of information it expects public bodies across different sectors to pro-actively publish.

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Questions have arisen about the extent to which Skype guarantees privacy of calls made through it.

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Dropbox and Evernote are both cloud computing services, adopting a cloud computing service does not change an institution''s legal duties but requires a reassessment of the risks, and may involve changing the processes which ensure compliance. This FAQ considers the legal issues pertinent to adopting such a service.  

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Colleges and universities considering supporting staff and students’ use of their own mobile devices to facilitate teaching and learning will be interested in the results of a recent survey which indicates growth in companies adopting the BYOD model.

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The ICO has updated guidance on what HE institutions should publish in order to meet their FOI commitments.

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The Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, passed in January 2013, provides that the Scottish Ministers must regularly inform Parliament  how many new bodies come under FOISA, but does not increase the scope itself.

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The ISEB Certificate in Freedom of Information is ideal for those who wish to have their knowledge and expertise recognised through a formal qualification.

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The ISEB Certificate in Freedom of Information is ideal for those who wish to have their knowledge and expertise recognised through a formal qualification.

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The ISEB Certificate in Freedom of Information is ideal for those who wish to have their knowledge and expertise recognised through a formal qualification.

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The data generated by the survey provides a picture of the impact of information access legislation on the sector that is used within institutions for their own planning purposes. 

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The Government Consultation on the draft Code of Practice for public authorities to help them meet the new statutory duty to publish datasets ends on 10th January 2013.

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