JISC Legal

Government is criticised for not giving the issue of safeguarding personal data sufficient importance when formulating primary legislation.

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The FOI Essentials paper provides introductory guidance on the general right of public access to recorded information held by public authorities including colleges and universities.

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This overview paper describes the relevance of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for FE and HE.

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This pack has been produced as part of the Trust in Digital Repositories Project (2005-2007). It serves the purpose of being both a training tool for the individual and a development tool for organisations trying to establish policies for starting or running digital collections of learning materials. More details are available here - http://trustdr.ulster.ac.uk/outputs.php.

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The EU Framework for Electronic Communications and Network Services may impact on at least five pieces of existing UK legislation.

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An examination of the most relevant human rights in the context of colleges and universities.

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An examination of the most relevant human rights in the context of colleges and universities.

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From the service provider and federation surveys, most expressed a neutral view as to the adoption of new attributes.

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An investigation into the feasibility of cross-jurisdiction common access management federation agreements.

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A report on the legal aspects of common agreements for federation-identity provider and federation-service provider agreements.

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An examination into the extent to which FE or HE institutions are responsible for content which is made available on their computer systems. 

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Essentials guide for FE and HE on ISP liability for online content.

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Providing computers and internet access to students and staff means that responsibility for what they do online can, in certain circumstances, rest with the institution. This Internet Service Provider (ISP) Liability Overview paper considers the extent to which FE or HE institutions may be responsible for content made available on their computer systems. 

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The Legal Deposit Libraries Act 2003 received Royal Assent on 30 October 2003, beginning on 1 January 2004. The British Library is reviewing its processes for acquiring categories of material not covered by previous legislation, including offline (i.e. hand-held items such as CD-ROM) and online electronic publications.   Further information can be found on the British Library website at http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/stratpolprog/legaldep/index.html#elec

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The purpose of this Model Policy is to outline the circumstances in which it is permissible for an institution to access the IT accounts of staff members or students.

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In October 2007 JISC infoNet launched the new Business Classification Scheme and Records Retention Schedule for Higher Education institutions.

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Disability discrimination law applies to the services including educational services an institution provides to its staff, students, and third parties.

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Report on the use of Publicly-funded Infrastructure, Services and Intellectual Property.

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This framework offers practical advice aimed at assisting those involved in information sharing.

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In order to assist Scottish public authorities (including education institutions) who wholly own active or dormant companies, the Scottish Information Commissioner has prepared model schemes. The model schemes can be accessed from the web site at:
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/web/FILES/pocdormant.doc  and
http://www.itspublicknowledge.info/web/FILES/pocactive.doc.

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Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

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Essentials guide for practical legal information on the laws in the UK affecting e-repositories.

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Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

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This toolkit provides details on basic concepts and techniques of records management.

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The JISC Information Management infoKit was launched in September 2007 and attempts to provide a consistent framework for managing all types of internal information.

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A point by point guide to Data Protection Law for FE and HE.

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This overview explains the application of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act') to UK further and higher education institutions.

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This overview paper focuses on disability discrimination in respect of ICT and the provision of educational services in UK publicly-funded further and higher education.

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Generic guidance (widely applicable) together with sections devoted to the effect of the Act on the functions and activities associated with the work of Records Managers and Archivists.  

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This is a recording of the JISC Legal BCE Webcast from July 2007.  

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This publication is aimed at UK further and higher education staff working in areas related to knowledge transfer, work based learning, community links, outreach, CPD, employer engagement, wider participation, and lifelong learning.

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This case study considers some of the copyright issues which can arise when a college or university uses the software which it holds under licence to provide a commercial training course.

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One of the benefits of being a college or university is that you can generally obtain software at reduced rates on an academic licence. This however may have implications when carrying out your Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.

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If a college or university delivers any Business and Community Engagement activities online, the institution must make sure that its website and processes comply with the e-commerce rules. This guide gives an overview of these rules.

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This case study considers some of the copyright issues which can arise when a college or university is engaged to design software or a website for a company.

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This publication is aimed at UK further and higher education staff working in areas related to knowledge transfer, work based learning, community links, outreach, CPD, employer engagement, wider participation, and lifelong learning.

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This overview paper briefly clarifies the current situation with regard to retention of communications traffic data by certain UK organisations.

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This briefing gives an overview of some of the legal issues which may arise in relation to the use of technology by UK further and higher education establishments in their Business and Community Engagement ("BCE") activities.

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BCE activities will often involve the collection and use of personal data. Accordingly, institutions must ensure that their policies, practices and procedures cover any processing which they undertake in the course of these activities.

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Staff in UK further and higher education establishments may be involved in the exploitation of their intellectual property creations with outside bodies. This guide is intended to assist staff in understanding the different approaches and their consequences which they may encounter.

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This paper is intended to assist staff in UK further and higher education establishments who are involved in the use and creation of intellectual property as part of Business and Community Engagement (BCE) activities.

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Over the last few years, however, there has been a shift towards supplementing these activities by providing services to the business and social communities.  This service provision is known as BCE. 

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Whether the question relates to your own work, or a member of HE staff who has contacted you, we're happy to answer questions on matters within our remit.

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Webcast providing practical guidance on legally accessing user email accounts, computer hard drive or network storage.   

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Guidance and resources to help those who work in central government, or other public authorities, to deal with freedom of information requests.http://www.justice.gov.uk/guidance/freedom-of-information.htm

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A personal view by Steve Bailey of changes in records management and what they might mean.

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An example of a records management policy, produced by the Scottish police in consultation with various central agencies such as the Scottish Criminal Records Office. Version 2 produced by the ACPOS FOI group on 25th April 2005.
http://www.centralscotland.police.uk/foi/docs/acpos_records_retention_schedule.pdf.

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An examination of intellectual property rights (IPR) in student created work.

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An outline of the legal issues of podcasting as an educational tool and practical advice on how institutions can ensure legal compliance.

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When developing e-learning environments or authoring elearning materials, it is important that educational institutions and e-learning authors bear in mind the institution’s obligations under disability discrimination legislation.

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