JISC Legal : IT

This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.

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.

Our free Recording Lectures and Screencasts webcast is now available in captioned, bite-sized segments. Presented as a lively panel discussion, this is a practical, relevant guide to the legal, technical and accessibility issues involved in recording lectures and screencasts.

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 JANET factsheet on providing email accounts for alumni is intended to assist in considering all the potential issues involved, with JISC Legal contribution from a legal perspective.

JISC's Freedom of Information and Research Data: Questions and Answers, written by Andrew Charlesworth and Chris Rusbridge, is available at http://www.jisc.ac.uk/foiresearchdata.

This podcast, created for the JISC Innovation and e-Learning Conference 2010, explores FAQs on the legal aspects of recording lectures.

These Top Ten Tips were created to celebrate JISC Legal's 10th anniversary, all the while looking forward to the challenges UK FE and HE will face in the next ten years.

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

Information on and examples of acceptable and unacceptable use of computer systems as well as practical tips on dealing with computer crime.

A checklist of questions for institutions to consider when updating or framing an e-safety policy.

This webcast was designed to assist institutions in meeting their legal duties and inspection needs in relation to safeguarding and e-security.

This webcast tackles the legal risks of Web 2.0 technologies and suggests how they can be mitigated. 

The Data Protection Code of Practice is designed to provide guidance to the FE and HE sectors on issues pertaining to Data Protection law affecting their day-to-day operations.

From the service provider and federation surveys, most expressed a neutral view as to the adoption of new attributes.

An investigation into the feasibility of cross-jurisdiction common access management federation agreements.

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 Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA) limits the transfer of personal data to countries within the European Economic Area (EEA) (the eighth data protection principle).

The US Patriot Act is intended to assist terrorism prevention in the US and permits access to data by the US intelligence services in certain circumstances, including, but not limited to, in the interests of national security

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. 

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

Under the Data Protection Act 1988 (DPA)  a college or university must ensure that the personal data relating to its staff, students and others remains secure including protecting such data from accidental loss (the seventh data protection principle)...  (cont'd)

The nature of the cloud is such that it is likely that more than one legal jurisdiction will be involved in relation to any particular external cloud service... (cont'd)
 

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)

The Equality Act 2010 places a legal obligation on institutions not to discriminate against learners with disabilities in their service provision (including resources and delivery of teaching). 

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)

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)

Belief that copyright permission has been granted is no defence to infringement of copyright if no valid permission was, in fact, given.

The new proposals aim to update and harmonise the current EU data protection regime including strengthening individuals’ rights.

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

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.

Came into force on 31 December 2009.   

(NLA) v Meltwater - In the particular circumstances of commercial news headlines and their monitoring and copying for commercial gain much of the content will attract copyright protection.

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. 

Recommendations made by the Hargreaves review of intellectual property and growth have been accepted by the Government.

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.

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

The European Commission has launched a consultation on cloud computing.  This will feed into the European cloud computing strategy due to be presented in 2012.

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.

JISC Digital Media - A JISC Advance Service - Links Recording Lectures Webcast

Queen Mary, University of London, have issued a series of papers on the legal issues associated with Cloud Computing.

This toolkit aims to guide information professionals in assessing cloud computing services for information use and storage, including development of a cloud computing strategy.

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.

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

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.

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

This project will provide IPR and licensing support for JISC/HEA funded OER Phase 2 projects with particular emphasis on the use of Creative Commons Licences.

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.

This IP Workbook, from Eversheds LLP solicitors, contains practical examples, questions and scenarios on a range of commercially related topics with an intellectual property (IP) dimension.

A course designed to introduce tutors and managers to the issues involved in making information technology safe for learners.

Guidance for organisations and employers on the implications of the Equality Act 2010 available at: http://www.equalities.gov.uk/equality_act_2010/equality_act_2010_what_do_i_n.aspx. 

JISC Techdis, a JISC Advance service, works with the HE and FE sector in the UK in the field of accessibility and inclusion. http://www.jisctechdis.ac.uk/