A juror who researched a defendant's history on the internet and forwarded details of what she found to fellow members was sentenced to a six month prison term. 

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The increased use of Twitter, Facebook and email within institutions has led to a rise in unacceptable professional conduct.

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

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The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

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Any monitoring of systems, even if it is minimal, must be done only after consent has been sought from the persons who are subject to monitoring ... (cont)

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A consultation has been announced to gather evidence on proposals to widen copyright exceptions including private copying, non-commercial research and library archiving.

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Emails deceived students on government loans into providing financial details.

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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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The High Court has ruled that search giant Google does not have to pay damages for defamation suffered to a UK intelligence adviser via a blogging platform which Google owns.

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The Government's new set of objectives aim to combat cybercrime and promote economic growth in internet business.

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  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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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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Take a few minutes out to test your knowledge of the law relating to the use of the internet and social media with this online quiz.

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Embedding information rights in education project to be led by Edinburgh's Centre for Research on Families and Relationships.

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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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Joint Committee report on defamation law recommends new notice and take-down internet procedures as well as increased protection for scientists and academics.

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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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In a recent court case a man was jailed for improper user of a public electronic communications network.

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Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project

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JISC Legal has today received a phishing email purporting to be from a student finance company.

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A user's consent is required before it is lawful to store and access information on their computer.

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Some links to further resources.

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Vince Cable has announced that controversial plans to force ISPs to block websites that host copyright infringing material are to be dumped. 

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In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.  

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In this guide, you’ll find summaries of the key legal considerations of using Facebook in an FE and HE context.

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A new research report from the University of Bedfordshire highlights the major role played by ICT in incidents of stalking.

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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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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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This is a decision for the institution to make. There have certainly been various news articles highlighting privacy and data protection concerns related to Facebook, and similar issues apply to other external social networking sites ... (cont)

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Users of online photo-sharing service may have unwittingly signed away the rights to their own images. 

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ICO publishes guidance on compliance with the new law on how cookies and similar technologies are used.

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Fines of up to £500,000 for the most serious incidents of sending unwanted emails.

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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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Cloud computing and data protection, new research from Queen Mary, University of London.

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We have issued two new guidance papers on OERs: Strategic Managment of IPR for OER in UK HE and Legal Aspects of the Use of Child Images in OERs.

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This paper considers the legal issues which arise in relation to the taking of or possession of images (still and moving) of children for use in an Open Education Resource. 

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New law gives individuals more control over what information organisations can store on their computer.

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With input from JISC Legal, JISC has put out a summary of "Resources to help combat cybercrime" - helping institutions avoid the consequences of being a victim of computer misuse, or being an inadvertent agent in some else's criminal activity.

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Clearly the Principal has to be very careful and one of the first difficulties is that someone has to make a decision as to whether the material involved is illegal ... (cont)

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The Information Commissioner has required a council to give an undertaking that it will encrypt memory sticks used to carry sensitive personal data.

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Janet Guidelines to assist universities and colleges in handling indecent images of children found on their information systems.

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According to the UK government, cybercrime is costing the country around £1000 every second. 

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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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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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Tweets should be considered public and can be published, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. 

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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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Loss of two unencrypted laptops containing sensitive personal information results in monetary penalties.

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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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