ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.

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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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A story published this week in the Higher Education network blog highlights the issue of universities monitoring social media sites.

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Twitter is contesting a US court order requiring it to hand over a user's message history.

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The Protection of Freedoms Act, 2012 achieved royal assent on 01 May 2012.

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An employment tribunal recently held that an employee was fairly sacked for posting obscene Facebook messages.

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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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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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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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Despite fewer fines for private firms than public organisations over an eleven month period, the Information Commissioner’s Office says issuing monetary penalties depends on strict criteria, not whether an organisation is private or public.

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The purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Overview paper is to guide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) on the meaning of moral rights, when and how these impact on the creation of OERs and measures which may be taken in order to avoid infringement of moral rights.

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To purpose of this Moral Rights and OERs Essentials paper is to provide publishers of open educational resources (OERs) with a summary of when and how moral rights impact on the creation of OERs.

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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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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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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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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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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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Social networking websites used to threaten teachers. 

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On behalf of SCORE, librarians completed a survey on institutional engagement in OER. The survey is now available to download.  

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New animated film on Turning a Resource into an Open Educational Resource.

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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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A student who admitted posting racially offensive comments on social networking site, Twitter, has been sentenced to 56 days imprisonment.  

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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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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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Using video clips in a VLE.

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The EU Parliament’s Legal Affairs committee has voted in favour of reforming copyright legislation in order to make available ‘orphan works’ in online archives

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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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Home Secretary Teresa May has approved the decision to extradite a student accused of copyright infringement to the US.

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Changes to copyright law could enable access to new knowledge that would otherwise remain undiscovered.

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A Scottish charity was found to have breached the Data Protection Act following the theft of unencrypted memory sticks and papers containing personal data from an employee's home.

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UK data protection boss has concerns over Google's information sharing between services and users' lack of control.

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A head teacher put up photos of pupils who had low results as motivation to work harder.

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The short answer is that it depends what you are doing with the online newspaper content.  Making multiple copies or copying large portions of online newspaper will require permission from the rights holders usually in the form of the NLA End User Licence.

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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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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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The Prime Minister is expected to back legislative change in the Protection of Freedoms Bill to make stalking a crime.

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Mr Justice Teare ruled that a legal claim could be served via an active and legitimate Facebook account.

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Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information on its website.

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An alleged report has been leaked that offers detailed guidance on when images should be removed from Facebook. 

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Mobile apps will have to disclose how a user’s personal data will be used before users download them.

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The ECJ held that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system.

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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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A new report published by Beatbullying considers the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK. 

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The recent demise of a file sharing service highlights the risks for colleges and universities in considering a move to the cloud or other external service providers.

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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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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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The increased use of Twitter, Facebook and email within institutions has led to a rise in unacceptable professional conduct.

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Social networking sites are changing privacy settings by default which means users' information could be passed on to third party sites.

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The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.

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