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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 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 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 11:00
The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.
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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 December 02, 2011 15:34
The Cabinet Office recently published this document in order to encourage effective use of public sector data.
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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 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 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 18, 2011 09:20
JISC's online conference Innovating e-Learning 2011 is being held from 22 - 25 November, and as part of the pre-conference activity week JISC Legal have recorded a short webcast entitled Mobile Learning - Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.
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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 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 28, 2011 13:37
It is important to recognise that in any situation where a data controller is using a data processor, the data controller remains responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).
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Posted on October 17, 2011 11:56
Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.
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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 27, 2011 09:25
New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.
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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 05, 2011 16:57
The Government has launched a consultation on Open Data.
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Posted on August 04, 2011 10:51
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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Posted on August 03, 2011 15:57
The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has confirmed that nearly 30,000 Scottish school pupils received their exam results a day early.
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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 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 July 05, 2011 15:23
The ICO has issued a warning to health organisations to do more to protect patients’ personal information.
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Posted on June 30, 2011 10:45
A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.
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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 14, 2011 14:29
A new law that comes into force today (14 June 2011) in England and Wales will make it easier to protect patent and design rights.
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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 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 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 27, 2011 10:41
Fines of up to £500,000 for the most serious incidents of sending unwanted emails.
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Posted on April 26, 2011 09:43
A dedicated 'one stop shop' has been produced, telling the public about their FOI rights, and a step by step guide on how to use them.
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Posted on April 04, 2011 09:00
The seventh data protection principle provides that "Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken ... (cont)
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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 18, 2011 15:03
S.14 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (and similarly s.14 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) provide a exemption to release if ... (cont)
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Posted on March 15, 2011 14:12
This event has more to offer than ever, why not pop along and hear the opinions of leading regulators from across the EU including: Christopher Graham and Peter Hustinx.
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Posted on March 11, 2011 11:34
This training course covers all of the important components of any records management programme, including the benefits of good records management and classification schemes and file plans.
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Posted on March 08, 2011 14:10
This short briefing paper, produced by the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), demonstrates how the terms of Creative Commons (CC) licences can be embedded into a variety of resources.
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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 March 03, 2011 12:08
The site includes overview information, legislation documents and a range of reports from the specialist committees
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Posted on February 22, 2011 09:55
According to the UK government, cybercrime is costing the country around £1000 every second.
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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 09, 2011 09:30
Those who are looking for a thorough grounding in Data Protection, and particularly those looking to sit the ISEB exam, may be interested in Amberhawk's intensive seven day training course.
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Posted on February 09, 2011 09:26
Those who are looking for a thorough grounding in Data Protection, or looking to sit the ISEB exam, may be interested in Amberhawk's intensive five day training courses.
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Posted on February 09, 2011 09:23
Those who are looking for a thorough grounding in Data Protection, or looking to sit the ISEB exam, may be interested in Amberhawk's intensive five day training courses.
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