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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 18, 2012 08:57
The ICO is to make changes to the information a public authority is required to release proactively in its FOI publication scheme.
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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 04, 2012 15:50
The Protection of Freedoms Act, 2012 achieved royal assent on 01 May 2012.
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Posted on May 04, 2012 11:09
Learners have a right of privacy to personal communications (article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) but colleges have ... (
cont)
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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 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 24, 2012 15:42
The Information Rights Tribunal has ruled that the names of three junior members of staff who dealt with complaints made to the Financial Services Authority should have been disclosed as part of a Freedom of Information request.
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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 March 30, 2012 15:57
JISC infoNet has published research on the true cost to an HE institution of processing an FOI request.
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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 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 19, 2012 11:23
The Information and Records Management Society is pleased to announce that the 15th IRMS Conference will take place from Sunday 27th to Tuesday 29th May 2012 in Brighton.
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Posted on March 16, 2012 16:46
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Do Not Track proposals are a step towards standards that will enable a user's browser settings to be used to manage consent to cookies.
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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 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 16:01
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 13, 2012 09:27
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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Posted on February 07, 2012 15:24
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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Posted on February 07, 2012 10:03
Html version of JISC Legal's guidance on "Release of Course Materials Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000"
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Posted on February 06, 2012 10:42
The HTML version of JISC Legal's guidance on Security, Mobile Devices and the Data Protection
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Posted on January 27, 2012 09:42
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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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 December 15, 2011 12:44
The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.
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Posted on December 15, 2011 11:00
The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.
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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 December 02, 2011 15:34
The Cabinet Office recently published this document in order to encourage effective use of public sector data.
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Posted on November 28, 2011 13:52
Penalties of £60,000 and £80,000 are served after highly sensitive personal information is emailed to the wrong recipients.
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Posted on November 25, 2011 21:39
Find out what your institution should be doing about its use of cookies in the JISC Legal article entitled "Cookies - Six months Until Enforcement".
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Posted on November 25, 2011 17:07
The law has changed that applies to how cookies are used by websites.
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Posted on November 25, 2011 12:24
The ICO has launched a campaign to get views about what information public authorities including FE and HE institutions should proactively release.
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Posted on November 22, 2011 15:32
From the beginning of this month UCAS became subject to the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to some of its functions.
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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 09:20
JISC's online conference Innovating e-Learning 2011 is being held from 22 - 25 November, and as part of the pre-conference activity week JISC Legal have recorded a short webcast entitled Mobile Learning - Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.
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Posted on November 15, 2011 10:30
New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.
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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 31, 2011 10:21
Four out of ten students online are concerned about how their online profiles might affect their future.
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Posted on October 28, 2011 13:37
It is important to recognise that in any situation where a data controller is using a data processor, the data controller remains responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).
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Posted on October 17, 2011 11:56
Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College. See now the Mobile Technologies and the Law Webcast (14 March 2012)
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Posted on September 27, 2011 10:05
The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.
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Posted on September 27, 2011 09:25
New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.
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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 05, 2011 16:57
The Government has launched a consultation on Open Data.
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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 03, 2011 15:57
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has confirmed that nearly 30,000 Scottish school pupils received their exam results a day early.
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Posted on July 29, 2011 10:58
According to the ICO, tweets addressed to an institution may constitute valid Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
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Posted on July 26, 2011 16:19
Member of staff failed to realise they had made an error while carrying out work on the University’s IT system.
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Posted on July 05, 2011 15:23
The ICO has issued a warning to health organisations to do more to protect patients’ personal information.
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Posted on June 30, 2011 10:45
A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.
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