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The ICO is to make changes to the information a public authority is required to release proactively in its FOI publication scheme.

On behalf of SCORE, librarians completed a survey on institutional engagement in OER. The survey is now available to download.  

Changes to copyright law could enable access to new knowledge that would otherwise remain undiscovered.

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

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).

The Government today announced the appointment of Richard Hooper, former Deputy Chairman of Ofcom, to lead a feasibility study into the development of a Digital Copyright Exchange for the UK (DCE).

The Protection of Freedoms Bill was read for the third time and passed by the House of Commons on 11 October 2011.  The Bill will now be considered by the House of Lords.

The ICO has produced guidance to aid understanding and application of FOI legislation for higher education institutions with a particular focus on research information.

New IP guidance to enable businesses to protect their own IP and to respect the IP of others has been launched.

A new working group has been set up to examine how UK-funded research can be made more accessible.

Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project