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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 April 10, 2012 12:52
Social networking websites used to threaten teachers.
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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 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 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 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 27, 2012 10:21
A serious case review found that a school had failed ‘on every level’ to prevent sexual abuse of pupils by a teacher.
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Posted on December 23, 2011 09:54
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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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 30, 2011 10:01
Data protection and other legal issues remain the same for a college or university when hosting, offering or using blogs, wikis, and any other ... (cont)
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Posted on November 15, 2011 13:40
The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 are now in force and require that Equality Duty compliance information must be published by the end of January 2012.
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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 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 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 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 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 April 21, 2011 12:05
JISC Legal offer you a variety of resources to help you do this ... (cont)
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Posted on April 19, 2011 09:00
A recent EU survey finds that 77% of 13-16 year olds have a social networking profile and 25% say their profile is open to the public.
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Posted on April 05, 2011 11:04
The general Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010 comes into force this week (5/04/2011) and places three broad requirements on the public sector including colleges and universities.
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:55
According to the UK government, cybercrime is costing the country around £1000 every second.
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Posted on February 18, 2011 09:16
Universities UK has published a report looking at how institutions can promote freedom of speech on campus, while protecting the welfare of staff, students and the wider community.
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Posted on February 11, 2011 15:40
Tweets should be considered public and can be published, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled.
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Posted on February 11, 2011 14:37
This bill seeks to amend current defamation legislation and is progressing through Parliament. The main focus of the bill is to make sure that defamation legislation is fit for modern times.
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Posted on January 26, 2011 14:13
The Cloud Industry Forum has launched a Code of Practice for cloud service providers.
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Posted on November 19, 2010 14:26
Causing "substantial damage or distress to individuals" by processing their personal data unfairly is likely to result in a fine.
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Posted on October 19, 2010 11:19
Authoritative statutory guidance published on equal pay, employment, and services, public functions and associations.
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Posted on October 18, 2010 10:43
The Attorney General wants 'further discussions' on liability of sites where online comments prejudice the fairness of trials.
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Posted on October 03, 2010 11:14
The Act includes new measures for discrimination, harassment, recruitment and pay.
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Posted on September 28, 2010 09:58
Service providers only become liable once told of specific infringing content and fail to act.
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Posted on September 13, 2010 12:45
NASUWT calls the new online communications code for teachers, a waste of money and unnecessary.
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Posted on August 24, 2010 13:20
A CD containing sensitive personal data was discovered at a bus stop and was unencrypted with no password protection.
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Posted on August 23, 2010 15:11
One in twenty employees face a reprimand for email 'bloomers'.
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Posted on August 20, 2010 14:28
A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.
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Posted on August 20, 2010 10:08
Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.
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Posted on August 18, 2010 14:15
Google's chief executive warns of the future impact of making personal information freely available online.
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Posted on August 17, 2010 09:26
Experian survey finds that more than 50 per cent of passwords are made up of information freely available online, putting millions at potential risk of identity fraud.
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Posted on August 13, 2010 14:46
More Facebook users are reporting suspicious behaviour.
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Posted on July 28, 2010 12:17
An indecent image of children posted onto a law student’s Facebook page, together with a comment falsely indicating he was a paedophile, was held to be defamatory and deeply offensive.
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Posted on July 21, 2010 10:14
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Posted on June 25, 2010 13:36
An aspect report by HM Inspectors on behalf of the Scottish Funding Council to identify approaches and best practice and to make recommendations for improvement.
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Posted on June 02, 2010 11:21
A final-year computer science student at University College London has been fined £300 for 'bringing the college into disrepute' through the contents of his site, FitFinder.
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Posted on April 14, 2010 12:30
On 8 April 2010 the Equality Act received royal assent after completing its parliamentary process.
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Posted on April 09, 2010 15:12
A recent High Court ruling held that the operator of a blogging website can avoid liability for content posted on his website so long as he does not interfere with the original posting.
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Posted on March 31, 2010 11:31
Specific e-safety policy template available and 360 degree self review tool.
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Posted on March 31, 2010 11:20
e-Safety resources, including a sample audit and core policy.
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Posted on March 29, 2010 16:20
Jackie Milne presented on legal aspects of safeguarding e-safety.
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Posted on March 10, 2010 12:18
The Internet Watch Foundation, established in 1996, aims to minimise the availability of online criminal content.
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