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Beatbullying Publishes Cyberbullying Report
A new report published by Beatbullying considers the state of cyberbullying amongst children, young people and teachers in the UK.  (07/02/12)
Loss Threat to Locked-in Data
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. (02/02/12)
MSPs to Approve Appointment of Rosemary Agnew as the new Scottish Information Commissioner
Scottish Parliament to approve the appointment of Rosemary Agnew as the new Scottish Information Commissioner. (01/02/12)
New FOI Guidance
The new ICO  guidance is a plain English guide aimed at public authorities and provides a basic overview of the law. (01/02/12)
JISC Legal's Guidance Gets Shorter!
We have introduced shortened URLs to make life easier for you. (31/01/12)
Deleted Emails May Still be 'Held' Under FOI

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. 

 

(30/01/12)
ICO Fines First Scottish Organisation £140,000
On five occasions, a local authority sent sensitive personal information about children and carers to the wrong people causing obvious ‘serious upset’. (30/01/12)
ICO Launches Access Aware Campaign
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. (30/01/12)
Proposed New Rules on Data Protection Unveiled

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

(26/01/12)
Call for Evidence on New Small Patent Claims Procedures
The Intellectual Property Office is looking for input on the new small patent claims procedures proposals, which have been designed to simplify and speed up the process. (20/01/12)
JISC infoNet Launch Knowledge Transfer infoKit
New guidance for colleges and universities has been produced to help maximise the return on investment in knowledge transfer activities. (19/01/12)
Checked Your Online Privacy Settings Recently?
Social networking sites are changing privacy settings by default which means users' information could be passed on to third party sites. (19/01/12)
Scottish ICO Asks for More Time in FOI Prosecution
A new special report to the Scottish Parliament discusses the current state of FOI in Scotland. (17/01/12)
Proposal for General DP Regulation Faces Delay
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. (13/01/12)
New Guidance on Notification of Security Breaches

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

(12/01/12)
ICO Information Rights Strategy Published
The ICO describes its approach to security compliance, information rights outcomes sought and current fields of action. (09/01/12)
New Guidance from the Law Society on Social Media

The Law Society has published a practice note that examines the use of LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook. 

(06/01/12)
Copyright Licensing Call for Evidence

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).

(05/01/12)
Irish Data Commissioner Publishes Facebook Report

The Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner this week published its report of an audit of Facebook Ireland Ltd.  

(22/12/11)
Is FOI Working? Evidence Required
Colleges and universities have the opportunity to provide evidence of their own experiences in working with the Freedom of Information Act 2000. (22/12/11)
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