The Export Control Organisation (ECO) do have rules on what can and cannot be exported to certain countries. This FAQ explores what they have to say on the question of taking encrypted laptops abroad. 

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A new Intellectual Property Bill proposes changes to the UK's intellectual property regime.  The changes are being brought in an attempt to simplify patent and design protection laws and to help businesses be better off as a result of the changes. 

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Government commits April 2013 as the date for introducing Legal Deposit regulations for non-print materials.  The Non-Print Legal Deposit regulations enable the British Library and the UK legal deposit libraries to collect, store and preserve the nation's memory in the digital age. The content will include online articles and books, and websites.

 

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The ICO has published new guidance on the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.

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This flowchart highlights steps to follow and relevant permissions required when seeking to release non public material in SCOOTER, an OER. 

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The Freedom of Information (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill, passed in January 2013, provides that the Scottish Ministers must regularly inform Parliament  how many new bodies come under FOISA, but does not increase the scope itself.

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The Government Consultation on the draft Code of Practice for public authorities to help them meet the new statutory duty to publish datasets ends on 10th January 2013.

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Four local councils were issued significant civil monetary penalties for losing personal data.  

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The Draft Communications Bill currently making its way through the legislative process has implications for the UK academic network.

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The Cabinet Office has issued a draft code of practice for public authorities to help them meet the new statutory duty to publish datasets.

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Google now provides institutions with the option to process and store personal data exclusively on servers based in the EU.

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The CLA has launched a new Code of Conduct which details how the agency will deal with its licence holders and other copyright users.

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The ICO has updated guidance to help institutions gain an understanding of freedom of information legislation and how to apply it, paying particular attention to research information.

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A website’s ‘temporary security flaw’ does not merit a civil monetary penalty, says the ICO, where this concerns a limited amount of non-sensitive personal information being compromised.  

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The Information Commissioner has fined Greater Manchester Police £120,000 for the loss of sensitive information. 

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As part of the Welsh Repository Network (WRN) project an interactive quiz regarding, copyright implications with multimedia deposits, was created for a repository staff training session. 

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A new report produced by the Information Commissioner's Office aims to help schools ensure they are handling pupils’ personal information in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.   

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The EU Parliament has formally approved the text of a new EU Directive on orphan works with 531 in favour versus 11 opposed (65 abstentions).

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The ERA licence scheme permits the making of recordings of broadcasts by or on behalf of an educational establishment for the non-commercial educational purposes of that establishment.

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The ICO has fined Scottish Borders Council £250,000 for failure to put in place appropriate guarantees on how data would be kept secure when it engaged an external company.

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Where a college employs students as apprentices and provides them access to MIS information as part of the responsibilities of their job and this enables them to view the records of other students this would not be a breach of data protection law in itself. 

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New guidance has been published by the Information Commissioner’s Office which assists colleges and universities in determining when to release personal data about their employees under the Freedom of Information Act and Environmental Information Regulations.

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The Scottish Information Commissioner decides that a university was entitled to withhold details of the payment made to its former Principal.

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Tell people what you are doing with their data, make sure staff are adequately trained, use strong passwords, encrypt portable devices and keep personal information only for as long as necessary.

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Google has been fined $22.5m (£14.4m) for tracking users activites without their permission.

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While organisations can publish equality and diversity information about staff in an aggregated form, this release of their personal information was unnecessary and a £175,000 penalty has been served. 

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Firstly it is necessary to try and distinguish between emails which contain information which are business records and emails which are just  ... (cont)

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In May, the Scottish Information Commissioner issued the final report and action plan for the assessment of a university, carried out in February 2012.  

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The ICO's latest guidance on the Environmental Information Regulations is now available to download from their website.

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A new bill seeking to strengthen Scotland's Freedom of Information legislation is being considered by their government.

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A new bill seeking to strengthen Scotland's freedom of information legislation is being considered by their government.

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The Constitution Unit at UCL highlights the benefits and difficulties for universities in complying with FOI.

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The EU Parliament’s negotiating team has voted in favour of reforming copyright legislation in order to make available ‘orphan works’ in on-line archives.   

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This is an event held by the Information Services Group (London and South-East Section) and Legislation Services at The National Archives.

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£325,000 penalty for hard drives containing sensitive data for sale on the internet.

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The ICO has begun a public consultation on a new anonymisation code of practice.

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

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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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The focus of the seminar will be on the European Commission's proposed comprehensive reform of data protection rules.  

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

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Where an FOI request is made which covers course materials, colleges and universities may be reluctant to release these, as they are often seen as part of the institution’s assets...(cont'd)

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The ICO describes its approach to security compliance, information rights outcomes sought and current fields of action.

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Colleges and universities have the opportunity to provide evidence of their own experiences in working with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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The UK Government has highlighted the cost burden which may be placed on public authorities in complying with some FOI requests for information.

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The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.

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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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