Identity Management Archive

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

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The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.

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The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.

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Guidance has been issued by the ICO on how the rules apply for those operating websites and using cookies.

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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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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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The law has changed that applies to how cookies are used by websites.

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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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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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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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New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.

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Prior explicit consent to processing will be necessary under proposed new EU data protection laws.

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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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Four out of ten students online are concerned about how their online profiles might affect their future.

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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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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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Mobile Learning – Identifying and Reducing the Legal Risks at your College.

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This guidance indicate how requests for access to personal information held in complaint files should be handled.

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

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Online defamation cases in England and Wales have more than doubled in the last year.

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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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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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The ICO has issued a warning to health organisations to do more to protect patients’ personal information. 

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 This conference aims to shed light on some of the most recent developments affecting Archives and Records Management across Scotland.  

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Following on from our earlier post on the Cookie Directive, the amended rules on cookies are now in force in the UK.

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A data controller is able to anonymise originally-personal data to make it free of data protection law constraints.

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

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

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JISC has launched a toolkit to allow information officers, IT directors, security managers and their staff to better understand the legal issues involved in managing identity issues.

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The seventh data protection principle provides that "Appropriate technical and organisational measures shall be taken  ... (cont)

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

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

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The site includes overview information, legislation documents and a range of reports from the specialist committees

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This Cimtech one-day course is designed to help your organisation improve information management without expenditure or at minimal cost. 

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

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This JISC Legal study, funded by JISC's Information Environment Programme, addresses clear questions that arise in relation to learners’ access and identity.

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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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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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The Freedom of Information (Amendment Bill) is currently making its way through Parliament and is due to be further debated on the 18th March 2011.

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

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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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This conference concentrates on issues facing individuals' who are exploring the use of Cloud Computing and other technological solutions.

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The University of the West of England is running a full day conference on Cloud Computing at its Exhibition and Conference Centre in Bristol.

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