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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:42
ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.
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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 18, 2012 11:51
Where copyright infringing third party material is included in an ‘e-thesis’, liability will lie with all parties who have taken part in the activity that is infringement.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 13:17
It is reported today that the majority of the UK government’s many websites will miss the deadline for compliance with the cookie legislation.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 11:55
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) event, hosted by UKOLN, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 18th - 20th June 2012.
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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 14:58
A Welsh health board has been issued with a £70,000 fine following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act,1998.
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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 27, 2012 10:48
A recent Opinion for the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has taken a pragmatic approach to the law surrounding the resale of unwanted computer programs.
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Posted on April 26, 2012 14:18
A court found YouTube contributed to copyright infringement by its users by failing to act quickly to remove unlawful content after it was notified by rights holders.
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Posted on April 23, 2012 11:19
Staff at institutions using mobile devices in teaching and learning may be interested in providing their views on how to regulate wireless networked devices.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 16:13
Copyright and accessibility law need to be considered when using mobile devices. To help give you confidence in your compliance with the law, here are top tips for getting to grips with copyright and accessibility when using mobile devices.
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Posted on April 16, 2012 09:31
This guidance is intended for university or college archives dealing with bequests of research papers and provides information on the legal issues which need to be considered in particular where an institution intends to digitise and add documents to an institutional repository.
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Posted on April 11, 2012 08:55
The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.
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Posted on April 10, 2012 12:52
Social networking websites used to threaten teachers.
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Posted on April 04, 2012 10:11
Our Mobile Technologies and the Law webcast (streamed live on 14 March 2012) can now be accessed in captioned, bite-sized segments. 
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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 26, 2012 16:14
The Educational Recording Agency (ERA) has been in discussions with the BBC and Channel 4 to change their terms and conditions to include their on-demand services as services which falls within the ERA licence.
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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 21, 2012 14:34
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Posted on March 19, 2012 13:47
‘Communication to the public’ does not cover radio broadcast in a private dental surgery.
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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 March 06, 2012 11:39
BT and Talk Talk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online - a decision welcomed by rights holders.
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Posted on March 05, 2012 10:45
The Prime Minister is expected to back legislative change in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to make stalking a crime.
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Posted on March 01, 2012 16:21
Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information on its website.
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Posted on February 27, 2012 12:11
An alleged report has been leaked that offers detailed guidance on when images should be removed from Facebook.
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Posted on February 24, 2012 10:46
By virtue of s.35 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA) an institution is entitled to record broadcasts and communicate the recordings to students situated within the institution
[AF1] provided that the recording is....(cont'd)
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Posted on February 21, 2012 10:11
This webcast will examine and clarify the legal challenges for colleges and universities that are using or considering using cloud computing services.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 16:34
The ECJ held that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 16:01
This guidance is intended for staff in sixth form colleges and aims to provide a helpful overview to key legal issues relevant to sixth form colleges in the development and use of ICT.
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Posted on February 10, 2012 10:31
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology has recently published its
Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing, which although from the US perspective, provides some useful practical recommendations.
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Posted on February 10, 2012 10:11
The 3rd edition of Paul Pedley's
Essential Law for Information Professionals is now available from Facet Publishing.
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Posted on February 10, 2012 10:10
Performance rights exist independently of copyright and moral rights in any work. The performer is the first owner of the performance and will have rights in their performance and any recording, film or broadcast of that performance.
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Posted on February 08, 2012 16:13
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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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 February 06, 2012 09:54
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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Posted on February 03, 2012 15:45
Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.
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Posted on January 27, 2012 17:51
Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.
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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 14:43
A digitally altered image was deemed ‘sufficiently original’ where it was a product of deliberate choice and manipulation, expressing skill and labour.
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Posted on January 16, 2012 16:19
The EU Commission will clarify how ISPs and website hosts should deal with removing and blocking access to illegal content.
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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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