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Posted on February 03, 2012 15:45
Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.
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Posted on February 02, 2012 10:59
The recent demise of a file sharing service highlights the risks for colleges and universities in considering a move to the cloud or other external service providers.
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Posted on January 31, 2012 13:38
We have introduced shortened URLs to make life easier for you.
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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 30, 2012 11:04
On five occasions, a local authority sent sensitive personal information about children and carers to the wrong people causing obvious ‘serious upset’.
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Posted on January 30, 2012 09:38
The ICO has launched a campaign called Access Aware aimed at increasing awareness within organisations of their data protection obligations in particular what a subject access request looks like and what to do if one is received.
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Posted on January 27, 2012 17:51
Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.
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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 26, 2012 11:42
The new proposals aim to update and harmonise the current EU data protection regime including strengthening individuals’ rights.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 11:19
The new proposals aim to update and harmonise the current EU data protection regime including strengthening individuals’ rights.
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Posted on January 23, 2012 14:43
A digitally altered image was deemed ‘sufficiently original’ where it was a product of deliberate choice and manipulation, expressing skill and labour.
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Posted on January 19, 2012 15:06
New guidance for colleges and universities has been produced to help maximise the return on investment in knowledge transfer activities.
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Posted on January 19, 2012 13:01
Social networking sites are changing privacy settings by default which means users' information could be passed on to third party sites.
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Posted on January 17, 2012 15:59
JISC Legal is working in partnership with JISC Advance and RSC Wales to offer a free online seminar on Cloud Computing and the Law.
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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 16, 2012 16:19
The EU Commission will clarify how ISPs and website hosts should deal with removing and blocking access to illegal content.
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Posted on January 13, 2012 12:29
Further to our news posting last month, we can confirm that the proposal for the review of the EU Directive (95/46/EC) has been delayed until late February/March.
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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 12:40
Gay pornography was not capable of “depraving and corrupting” according to a jury.
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Posted on January 06, 2012 15:12
The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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Posted on January 05, 2012 10:59
FE and HE institutions have an opportunity to contribute their views on copyright licensing in the UK as Richard Hooper issues a call for evidence as part of the independent feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).
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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 15:47
The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner this week published its report of an audit of Facebook Ireland Ltd.
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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 21, 2011 12:54
In short this use will be considered as a public performance for entertainment purposes and therefore s.34 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 ... (
cont)
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Posted on December 21, 2011 12:50
In terms of copyright law, screenings by a university or college film club will be considered as showing a work in public and as such will be one of the restricted acts which the copyright owner is able to control under the
Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA).
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Posted on December 21, 2011 11:35
This one-day seminar, "The future of copyright in the digital age and what it means for you", will bring attendees up to date on recent developments in UK copyright law.
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Posted on December 21, 2011 10:05
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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Posted on December 16, 2011 16:45
To stream a feature film there are two issues involved, and two possible sets of permission required .... (cont)
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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 15, 2011 11:48
The Advertising Standards Authority recently reported a marked increase in complaints about digital marketing communications, following a change to their remit in this regard earlier this year.
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Posted on December 15, 2011 11:00
The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.
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Posted on December 14, 2011 15:13
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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Posted on December 14, 2011 10:30
Guidance has been issued by the ICO on how the rules apply for those operating websites and using cookies.
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Posted on December 14, 2011 08:30
A leaked draft EU regulation reveals that legal requirements under data protection law will be tightened up.
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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 07, 2011 16:24
An organisation has recently been prosecuted for failing to notify the ICO that it processed personal data.
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Posted on December 06, 2011 12:49
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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Posted on November 30, 2011 11:37
Facebook's tighter rules on consent and privacy should help colleges and universities in the UK.
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Posted on November 30, 2011 10:01
Data protection and other legal issues remain the same for a college or university when hosting, offering or using blogs, wikis, and any other ... (
cont)
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Posted on November 28, 2011 13:52
Penalties of £60,000 and £80,000 are served after highly sensitive personal information is emailed to the wrong recipients.
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Posted on November 28, 2011 09:34
The Government's new set of objectives aim to combat cybercrime and promote economic growth in internet business.
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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 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 24, 2011 16:46
A website designed to allow people to help to make the internet more accessible has been launched.
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Posted on November 24, 2011 14:40
The OER IPR Support Team will be holding two JISC / HEA funded half day workshops at the Kimberlin Library, De Montfort University, Leicester.
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Posted on November 23, 2011 14:53
The EU Directive which extends the copyright protection for sound recordings to 70 years has completed its legal process and is now in force.
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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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