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Posted on January 27, 2012 10:21
A serious case review found that a school had failed ‘on every level’ to prevent sexual abuse of pupils by a teacher.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 14:12
This guidance is intended for staff in independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with varying learning needs due to disability issues.
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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 23, 2011 09:54
The blog post at http://inforrm.wordpress.com/2011/12/22/law-and-media-tweets-and-tweeters-updated-105-people-to-follow-judith-townend/ gives a u...
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Posted on December 22, 2011 12:40
These top tips serve as a quick reminder of the main areas to be addressed and sources of help available when recording lectures.
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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 09, 2011 16:27
The High Court states that even where private individuals are expressing their own views online the requirements of lawful processing in the DPA can apply.
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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 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 15, 2011 13:40
The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) Regulations 2011 are now in force and require that Equality Duty compliance information must be published by the end of January 2012.
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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 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 November 09, 2011 15:43
The EU Commission is tasked with producing proposals to reform the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive by the end of January 2012.
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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 18, 2011 15:23
Recent case law has highlighted the risks of posting inappropriate comments to social networking sites and the importance of institutions having in place a robust internet use policy for both staff and learners, including a policy on the use of social media, to manage such risks.
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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 31, 2011 18:21
Online defamation cases in England and Wales have more than doubled in the last year.
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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 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 03, 2011 12:20
Covert monitoring is surveillance of online activity without giving the users involved specific notification that this is going on. It clearly has legal implications relating to ... (cont)
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Posted on April 19, 2011 09:00
A recent EU survey finds that 77% of 13-16 year olds have a social networking profile and 25% say their profile is open to the public.
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Posted on April 05, 2011 11:04
The general Equality Duty under the Equality Act 2010 comes into force this week (5/04/2011) and places three broad requirements on the public sector including colleges and universities.
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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 17, 2011 14:29
The Draft Equality Act (Statutory Duties) Regulations 2011 for England have been withdrawn by the government for further review.
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Posted on March 08, 2011 11:51
New law gives individuals more control over what information organisations can store on their computer.
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Posted on February 18, 2011 09:16
Universities UK has published a report looking at how institutions can promote freedom of speech on campus, while protecting the welfare of staff, students and the wider community.
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Posted on February 16, 2011 12:13
The EU has taken a step towards common rules for cracking down on those who sexually abuse children and post images of the abuse on the internet.
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Posted on February 11, 2011 15:40
Tweets should be considered public and can be published, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled.
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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 January 26, 2011 16:09
A Statutory Instrument has been set out on costs sharing for rights holders and ISPs in implementing the Digital Economy Act.
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Posted on January 19, 2011 16:59
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published (12 Jan 2011) its latest guidance for public authorities on the new public sector equality duty which comes into force on 6 April 2011.
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Posted on January 17, 2011 09:30
This JANET factsheet on providing email accounts for alumni is intended to assist in considering all the potential issues involved, with JISC Legal contribution from a legal perspective.
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Posted on January 13, 2011 13:43
The European Commission has announced a consultation on the Commission report on the enforcement of intellectual property rights.
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Posted on January 06, 2011 14:11
The High Court has ruled that the Independent Safeguarding Authority are acting in breach of human rights law by imposing automatic bans on employees with criminal convictions or cautions.
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Posted on January 05, 2011 14:38
Sensitive Scottish court records were discovered at a recycling bank.
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Posted on December 01, 2010 10:06
A consultation in respect of two specific changes to RIPA is being run by the Home Office.
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Posted on November 23, 2010 09:56
A recent High Court case has clarified the liabilities with regard to online publishing.
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Posted on November 19, 2010 14:26
Causing "substantial damage or distress to individuals" by processing their personal data unfairly is likely to result in a fine.
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Posted on November 11, 2010 15:19
The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to be reviewed by the High Court and subject to a Parliamentary enquiry
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Posted on November 05, 2010 16:06
A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”.
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Posted on November 03, 2010 12:39
Breach of the Data Protection Act when Google Street View cars collected data.
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Posted on October 25, 2010 11:29
The Vetting and Barring Scheme will either be abandoned entirely, or hugely scaled back says the new Government.
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Posted on October 21, 2010 15:46
These Top Ten Tips were created to celebrate JISC Legal's 10th anniversary, all the while looking forward to the challenges UK FE and HE will face in the next ten years.
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Posted on October 19, 2010 11:19
Authoritative statutory guidance published on equal pay, employment, and services, public functions and associations.
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Posted on October 06, 2010 11:29
Data protection law needs to provide more clarity on what actually constitutes personal data.
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Posted on September 14, 2010 14:54
The Government has outlined how the cost of tackling online copyright infringement is to be met.
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