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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 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 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 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 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 10, 2012 12:52
Social networking websites used to threaten teachers.
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Posted on March 28, 2012 15:21
Guidance has been issued for government departments and other public sector bodies on how to comply with the new cookies regulations.
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Posted on March 27, 2012 15:35
A student who admitted posting racially offensive comments on social networking site, Twitter, has been sentenced to 56 days imprisonment.
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Posted on March 27, 2012 12:08
A former cricketer has been awarded damages of £90,000 plus legal costs by the High Court, in England, after suing over a defamatory tweet alleging that he was involved in match-fixing.
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Posted on March 22, 2012 09:56
JISC Legal is contributing to the "Security and the Cloud" session at Networkshop, the technical conference for staff in education and research.
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Posted on March 06, 2012 12:10
The High Court recently ruled that the search giant Google wasn’t responsible for defamatory material posted on its blogging site.
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Posted on February 07, 2012 11:06
A new report published by Beatbullying considers the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 10:41
A juror who researched a defendant's history on the internet and forwarded details of what she found to fellow members was sentenced to a six month prison term.
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Posted on January 23, 2012 12:36
The increased use of Twitter, Facebook and email within institutions has led to a rise in unacceptable professional conduct.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 14:12
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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Posted on January 12, 2012 13:33
The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.
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Posted on January 09, 2012 12:40
Gay pornography was not capable of “depraving and corrupting” according to a jury.
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Posted on January 06, 2012 15:12
The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Posted on December 21, 2011 10:05
Any monitoring of systems, even if it is minimal, must be done only after consent has been sought from the persons who are subject to monitoring
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Posted on December 14, 2011 15:13
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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Posted on December 12, 2011 10:18
Emails deceived students on government loans into providing financial details.
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Posted on December 09, 2011 16:27
The High Court states that even where private individuals are expressing their own views online the requirements of lawful processing in the DPA can apply.
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Posted on December 06, 2011 12:49
The High Court has ruled that search giant Google does not have to pay damages for defamation suffered to a UK intelligence adviser via a blogging platform which Google owns.
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Posted on November 28, 2011 09:34
The Government's new set of objectives aim to combat cybercrime and promote economic growth in internet business.
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Posted on November 23, 2011 11:27
A new report finds there have been over 1000 cases of personal data loss since 2008 including those involving a significant number of mobile devices.
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Posted on November 22, 2011 11:58
This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.
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Posted on November 18, 2011 11:17
Take a few minutes out to test your knowledge of the law relating to the use of the internet and social media with this online quiz.
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Posted on November 04, 2011 16:25
Embedding information rights in education project to be led by Edinburgh's Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.
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Posted on November 03, 2011 12:47
ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.
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Posted on October 20, 2011 11:07
Joint Committee report on defamation law recommends new notice and take-down internet procedures as well as increased protection for scientists and academics.
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Posted on October 18, 2011 15:23
Recent case law has highlighted the risks of posting inappropriate comments to social networking sites and the importance of institutions having in place a robust internet use policy for both staff and learners, including a policy on the use of social media, to manage such risks.
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Posted on September 15, 2011 13:34
In a recent court case a man was jailed for improper user of a public electronic communications network.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 15:37
Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project
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Posted on September 12, 2011 14:42
JISC Legal has today received a phishing email purporting to be from a student finance company.
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Posted on September 01, 2011 15:38
A user's consent is required before it is lawful to store and access information on their computer.
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Posted on August 31, 2011 14:45
Posted on August 04, 2011 10:51
Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped.
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Posted on August 02, 2011 16:05
In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.
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Posted on August 02, 2011 16:01
In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.
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Posted on July 12, 2011 10:29
A new research report from the University of Bedfordshire highlights the major role played by ICT in incidents of stalking.
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Posted on June 03, 2011 11:31
We are pleased to announce the launch of JISC Legal Plus - a new staff development service bringing JISC Legal's expertise to your institution at competitive prices... (cont'd)
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Posted on May 25, 2011 11:24
The ICO has published guidance on enforcing the new rules allowing a one year 'lead in' period for institutions to comply.
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Posted on May 19, 2011 09:41
This is a decision for the institution to make. There have certainly been various news articles highlighting privacy and data protection concerns related to Facebook, and similar issues apply to other external social networking sites ... (cont)
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Posted on May 12, 2011 13:31
Users of online photo-sharing service may have unwittingly signed away the rights to their own images.
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Posted on May 10, 2011 09:55
ICO publishes guidance on compliance with the new law on how cookies and similar technologies are used.
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Posted on April 27, 2011 10:41
Fines of up to £500,000 for the most serious incidents of sending unwanted emails.
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