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ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.

The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.

Guidance has been issued for government departments and other public sector bodies on how to comply with the new cookies regulations.

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)’s Do Not Track proposals are a step towards standards that will enable a user's browser settings to be used to manage consent to cookies.

Durham University breached the Data Protection Act after disclosing personal information on its website.

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

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

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.

Find out what your institution should be doing about its use of cookies in the JISC Legal article entitled "Cookies - Six months Until Enforcement".

The ICO has launched a campaign to get views about what information public authorities including FE and HE institutions should proactively release.

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.

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

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

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

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