JISC Legal : e-Administration

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

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.

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.

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

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.

Webcast providing practical guidance on legally accessing user email accounts, computer hard drive or network storage. 

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

In certain circumstances, student work can be the subject of a valid freedom of information (FOI) request.

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.

Overview of some key legal issues to be considered in relation to e-Commerce Law for Web Administrators.

Guidance on the application of data protection law to e-learning administrators at institutions.

Points to consider in protecting software through the patent system.

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

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

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)

Covert monitoring is surveillance of online activity without giving the users involved specific notification that this is going on.  It clearly has legal implications relating to ... (cont)

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

 S.14 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (and similarly s.14 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002) provide a exemption to release if ... (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)

Links to further resources.

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

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.

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.

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.

A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.

On 8 April 2010 the Equality Act received royal assent after completing its parliamentary process.

The Royal Bank of Scotland recently lost their appeal against the decision that they were in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.  

By virtue of Part 8 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 concerning the extended data protection audit powers available to the Information Commissioner's Office, a Code of Practice for Assessment Notices will be published in April 2010. 

Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010

A council were found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after sensitive personal data relating to social work records were found in a filing cabinet bought by a member of the public.

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.

The site includes overview information, legislation documents and a range of reports from the specialist committees

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 resources on this webpage provide links to information on liability for hosting institutions.  They are available on external websites.

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