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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 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 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 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 13:50
The focus of the seminar will be on the European Commission's proposed comprehensive reform of data protection rules.
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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 January 10, 2012 14:30
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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Posted on January 09, 2012 14:18
The ICO describes its approach to security compliance, information rights outcomes sought and current fields of action.
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Posted on December 22, 2011 10:12
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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Posted on December 21, 2011 13:57
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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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 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 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 23, 2011 11:27
A new report finds there have been over 1000 cases of personal data loss since 2008 including those involving a significant number of mobile devices.
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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 09, 2011 16:01
Prior explicit consent to processing will be necessary under proposed new EU data protection laws.
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Posted on October 20, 2011 10:17
The UCL Constitution Unit project will look at academics' use of FOI and impact of requests on universities and include analysis of FOI requests and appeals, and use case studies to help inform a good practice guide.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 15:37
Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project
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Posted on September 14, 2011 12:49
Came into force on 31 December 2009.
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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 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 28, 2011 11:25
The length of time that you keep student data for will depend on two factors: the first is good records management practice, and the second is compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.
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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 28, 2011 15:06
This conference aims to shed light on some of the most recent developments affecting Archives and Records Management across Scotland.
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Posted on June 20, 2011 15:55
The Climate Change Act 2008 requires colleges and universities, directly or indirectly, to take action to reduce carbon emissions in order to contribute to the national targets for carbon reduction... (cont'd)
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Posted on June 16, 2011 16:45
A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.
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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 25, 2011 11:24
The ICO has published guidance on enforcing the new rules allowing a one year 'lead in' period for institutions to comply.
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Posted on May 23, 2011 11:40
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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Posted on April 26, 2011 09:43
A dedicated 'one stop shop' has been produced, telling the public about their FOI rights, and a step by step guide on how to use them.
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Posted on April 20, 2011 09:11
This JISC infoNet infokit is an online resource that provides support and guidance to institutions development their RIM systems.
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Posted on April 18, 2011 10:36
Failings in the technical process of redacting sensitive material from documents before publishing on line resulted in the blacked out portions being visible if copied and pasted into another document.
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Posted on March 29, 2011 11:12
Cloud computing and data protection, new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
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Posted on March 24, 2011 11:15
This toolkit aims to guide information professionals in assessing cloud computing services for information use and storage, including development of a cloud computing strategy.
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Posted on March 16, 2011 15:58
Personal information including dates of birth, bank details and medical information was dumped in a skip which was then stolen.
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Posted on March 15, 2011 14:12
This event has more to offer than ever, why not pop along and hear the opinions of leading regulators from across the EU including: Christopher Graham and Peter Hustinx.
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Posted on March 14, 2011 09:43
This conference is organised by Cimtech in partnership with The National Archives and its topical focus includes records management in the cloud and the potential of shared services.
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Posted on March 11, 2011 11:34
This training course covers all of the important components of any records management programme, including the benefits of good records management and classification schemes and file plans.
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Posted on February 14, 2011 15:15
The Scottish Information Commissioner pilots a single model publication scheme for public authorities from Feb 2011.
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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 February 10, 2011 11:09
We have recently added two law watch notices to our website which will be of interest to those responsible for institutional information governance.
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Posted on February 09, 2011 12:08
Loss of two unencrypted laptops containing sensitive personal information results in monetary penalties.
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Posted on February 04, 2011 12:44
This conference concentrates on issues facing individuals' who are exploring the use of Cloud Computing and other technological solutions.
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Posted on February 03, 2011 12:28
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published its report ‘Security and Resilience in Governmental Clouds’ which assesses the operational, legal, and security requirements of cloud computing.
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Posted on February 02, 2011 15:51
The Bill proposes to extend the number of public authorities subject to its provisions and this includes the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council and the General Teaching Council for Scotland but university and colleges are not currently included.
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Posted on February 01, 2011 16:44
Report published on proposals to revise publication schemes.
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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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