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Posted on February 01, 2012 14:52
Scottish Parliament to approve the appointment of Rosemary Agnew as the new Scottish Information Commissioner.
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Posted on February 01, 2012 14:10
The new ICO guidance is a plain English guide aimed at public authorities and provides a basic overview of the law.
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Posted on January 30, 2012 14:44
A tribunal found that where emails are deleted but still exist on back-up servers, they are nonetheless considered to be ‘held’ by an organisation and subject to FOI legislation.
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Posted on January 27, 2012 09:42
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Posted on January 18, 2012 12:31
The fees regulations under FOI broadly cover 2 areas- (1) Fee charges for information provided through the publication scheme and (2) fee charges for specific information requests
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Posted on January 17, 2012 09:06
A new special report to the Scottish Parliament discusses the current state of FOI in Scotland.
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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 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 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 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 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 December 08, 2011 23:49
The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills today published its Innovation and Research Strategy for Growth which includes a number of actions and initiatives which will be of interest to universities.
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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 22, 2011 15:32
From the beginning of this month UCAS became subject to the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to some of its functions.
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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 14, 2011 11:26
This annual conference will look at how far FOI has progressed in Scotland and will highlight the key FOI issues that need to be taken forward.
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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 26, 2011 10:16
The ICO wishes to update publication scheme requirements to increase the information proactively made available by public authorities including universities and colleges.
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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 October 13, 2011 16:48
The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011. The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.
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Posted on October 13, 2011 11:32
Proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill include amending the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to create a new ‘right to data’ so that government-held datasets can be requested and used by the public.
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Posted on September 30, 2011 16:59
This guidance indicate how requests for access to personal information held in complaint files should be handled.
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Posted on September 30, 2011 11:12
Changes to the Protection of Freedoms Bill have been published which are designed to increase protection for unpublished research.
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Posted on September 27, 2011 10:05
The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.
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Posted on September 16, 2011 16:28
A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.
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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 30, 2011 17:09
This is a practical guide to the terms and conditions commonly found in cloud computing service provision contracts and agreements.
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Posted on August 30, 2011 11:30
In this guide you’ll find information on the legal issues related to cloud computing as relevant to staff, learners and other authorised users.
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Posted on August 30, 2011 11:15
In this guide you’ll find information about the various legal issues related to cloud computing, particularly those of relevance to senior managers in FE and HE.
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Posted on August 30, 2011 10:41
In this guide you will find information on cloud computing and the law as relevant to IT directors.
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Posted on August 30, 2011 09:54
This report is intended to survey the legal issues that are likely to arise when a UK college or university is deciding to adopt a cloud computing service.
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Posted on August 18, 2011 09:52
JISC Legal is pleased to present our free Cloud Computing and the Law toolkit for FE and HE professionals.
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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 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 21, 2011 15:43
A research centre at Stirling University refused a request for information from a tobacco company on the grounds that it was vexatious under FOISA.
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Posted on July 14, 2011 14:37
An up-to-date, accessible guide for senior managers on ICT law within FE and HE.
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Posted on June 22, 2011 15:35
The Information Commissioner has ordered the Cabinet Office to disclose the details of 24 individuals earning over £150,000 per year.
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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 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 May 20, 2011 11:59
PDP are running a two day Data Protection in the Public Sector conference in London this June.
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Posted on May 18, 2011 14:44
Amberhawk is running an intensive FOI course in Manchester in September 2011.
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Posted on May 11, 2011 10:59
Institutions who share data might be interested in the ICO's latest publication. They have published a statutory code of practice on data sharing by public sector bodies, businesses and other organisations.
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Posted on May 05, 2011 15:22
A Freedom of Information request reveals that plagiarism is still a problem for some Welsh universities.
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