JISC Legal : Administration

JISC Legal is pleased to present our free Cloud Computing and the Law toolkit for FE and HE professionals. 

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

Jason Miles-Campbell, our Service Manager, provides an informative video about licensing for educational resources, including what licences are available, and considerations in making the choice. 

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

This guidance document examines the Digital Economy Act 2010 and its implications for universities and colleges in the UK.

The legal issues which arise when using e-assessment in UK FE and HE.

Template to provide FE institutions with details of each blanket copyright licence that they may hold.

Guidance on how to use the Blanket Licence Template for FE.

Template to provide HE institutions with details on each blanket copyright licences that they may hold. 

Guidance on how to use the Blanket Licence Template for HE.

This overview paper describes the relevance of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) for FE and HE.

Disability discrimination law applies to the services including educational services an institution provides to its staff, students, and third parties.

Checklist of relevant questions to be asked in accepting material for use in an e-repository.

Basic introduction to the establishment, development and administration of online repositories in FE and HE.

A point by point guide to Data Protection Law for FE and HE.

This overview explains the application of the Data Protection Act 1998 (the 'Act') to UK further and higher education institutions.

This overview paper briefly clarifies the current situation with regard to retention of communications traffic data by certain UK organisations.

Overview of data retention practices, and implications in FE and HE following the EU data retention directive 2006/24/EC.

This paper summarises the legal issues involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning and teaching.

This paper summarises the legal issues involved in the development and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in learning and teaching.

This paper discusses recent developments in the UK legislative framework applicable to e-commerce practices and related technologies.

A JISC study to explore the Legal and Records Management Issues relating to the concept of the Lifelong Learner record.

ARCHIVED This paper brings together risks associated with the laws of contract and torts, employment law, privacy and data protection.

To stream a feature film there are two issues involved, and two possible sets of permission required .... (cont)

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

The Equality Act 2010 places a legal obligation on FE and HE institutions to not discriminate against staff, learners and other users and visitors to the institution because of a disability. 

The length of time that you keep student data for will depend on two factors:  the first is good records management practice, and the second is compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

There are two legal issues here, the first concerns data protection, and the second concerns your duty of care to employees.

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)

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)

Firstly it is necessary to try and distinguish between emails which contain information which are business records and emails which are just  ... (cont)

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

A further selection of IPR FAQs are availalable from JISC Inform, Issue 26 - Know Your Rights: Intellectual Property and Technology.  You can ... (cont)

Learners have a right of privacy to personal communications (article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) but colleges have ... (cont)

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

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.

The Government has launched a consultation on Open Data.  

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

A single European patent looks ever more likely as agreement is reached on the detail of a unitary patent.

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)

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

The High Court recently decided, in relation to copyright law, that the term ‘making available’ to the public, that the 'making available' happens where the servers send the files, rather than where received.

This significant case confirms that copyright can subsist in a newspaper headline. It also confirms that a user that pays for a web monitoring service requires a licence from the newspaper or the NLA.

The controversial Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to be reviewed by the High Court and subject to a Parliamentary enquiry

A recent official announcement by David Cameron states UK intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to make them “fit for the internet age”. 

Data protection law needs to provide more clarity on what actually constitutes personal data.

ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.

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.

Information Commissioner publishes top tips on freedom of information for public authority communications professionals.

A resource from the Higher Education Academy English Subject Centre aimed at those developing courses which suggests that it is necessary to consider copyright clearance from the start.

This website, which is maintained by the Intellectual Property Office provides guidance on intangible assets and how to manage these assets and create value from them - http://www.ipo.gov.uk/ian.htm.

Guidance for public sector organisationsaims to make current equality law more consistent, clearer and easier to follow in order to make society fairer.

The European Union's perspective on data protection with information on how each member State of the Union has implemented the EU Data Protection Directive

A section of the general government site focusing on the issue of disability.

UK Access Management Federation for Education and Research - Recommendations for Use of Personal Data.

Generic guidance (widely applicable) together with sections devoted to the effect of the Act on the functions and activities associated with the work of Records Managers and Archivists.