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Posted on September 13, 2012 11:07
Advice from the Department for Education on the Equality Act 2010 has been updated.
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Posted on September 12, 2012 13:01
The ICO's latest blog posting on cookies updates their enforcement strategy.
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Posted on August 31, 2012 12:20
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)
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Posted on August 29, 2012 12:18
The deadline for written responses to the consultation on the Draft Communications Data Bill has now passed.
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Posted on August 10, 2012 13:54
Google has been fined $22.5m (£14.4m) for tracking users activites without their permission.
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Posted on August 01, 2012 14:01
Firstly it is necessary to try and distinguish between emails which contain information which are business records and emails which are just ... (cont)
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Posted on July 31, 2012 09:52
A Twitter user has been arrested on suspicion of making malicious communications.
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Posted on July 30, 2012 16:20
This guidance is intended for staff in UK FE colleges whose provision includes further education or training for vulnerable learners with varying needs including disability issues.
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Posted on July 30, 2012 11:01
Some software permits staff to view from a remote device what students are viewing on their computer screens. What are the legal implications of using such software?
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Posted on June 29, 2012 15:13
Article 29 Working Party Opinion rejects the view that, because browser software can block cookies, any user who does not block cookies is giving consent.
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Posted on June 12, 2012 10:55
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2012 (IWMW 2012) event, hosted by UKOLN, will be held at the University of Edinburgh on 18th - 20th June 2012.
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Posted on June 06, 2012 10:22
This is an event held by the Information Services Group (London and South-East Section) and Legislation Services at The National Archives.
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Posted on June 01, 2012 15:41
£325,000 penalty for hard drives containing sensitive data for sale on the internet.
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Posted on May 23, 2012 14:42
ICO says that enforcement action for use of Google Analytics cookies without prior consent is unlikely.
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Posted on May 21, 2012 11:12
Improving the protection of freedom of speech and increasing access to vital communications, including internet use, are proposed in the Queen's speech.
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Posted on May 17, 2012 13:17
It is reported today that the majority of the UK government’s many websites will miss the deadline for compliance with the cookie legislation.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 12:15
A story published this week in the
Higher Education network blog highlights the issue of universities monitoring social media sites.
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Posted on May 11, 2012 10:26
Twitter is contesting a US court order requiring it to hand over a user's message history.
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Posted on May 10, 2012 13:30
This QMUL paper looks at the developments in cloud contracts including those which will increase legal certainty and compliance.
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Posted on May 04, 2012 11:09
Learners have a right of privacy to personal communications (article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights) but colleges have ... (
cont)
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Posted on May 03, 2012 11:19
The EU’s cyber security agency, ENISA has launched a practical guide for IT procurement teams which assesses the security of cloud service providers.
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Posted on May 01, 2012 16:45
The Digital Economy Act 2010 was given royal assent late on Thursday, 8 April 2010, following the final reading of the Digital Economy Bill in the House of Commons, the previous night.
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Posted on April 11, 2012 08:55
The International Chamber of Commerce UK has published cookie guidance to help website operators move towards compliance with new consent requirements.
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Posted on April 02, 2012 10:47
The Department for Education is to appeal the ICO decision which ordered Michael Gove to release information contained in private emails.
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Posted on April 02, 2012 10:13
Emails although sent from a staff member's private email account can still be subject to FOIA.
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Posted on March 28, 2012 15:21
Guidance has been issued for government departments and other public sector bodies on how to comply with the new cookies regulations.
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Posted on March 22, 2012 09:56
JISC Legal is contributing to the "Security and the Cloud" session at Networkshop, the technical conference for staff in education and research.
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Posted on March 16, 2012 16:46
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.
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Posted on March 06, 2012 12:10
The High Court recently ruled that the search giant Google wasn’t responsible for defamatory material posted on its blogging site.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 16:34
The ECJ held that the owner of an online social network cannot be obliged to install a general filtering system.
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Posted on February 17, 2012 16:01
This guidance is intended for staff in sixth form colleges and aims to provide a helpful overview to key legal issues relevant to sixth form colleges in the development and use of ICT.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 14:12
This guidance is intended for staff in independent specialist colleges that provide further education or training for learners with varying learning needs due to disability issues.
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Posted on January 12, 2012 13:33
The ICO has updated guidance on how public electronic communications service providers should respond to security breaches.
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Posted on December 21, 2011 10:05
Any monitoring of systems, even if it is minimal, must be done only after consent has been sought from the persons who are subject to monitoring
... (cont)
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Posted on December 15, 2011 12:44
The ICO has published new guidance on access to official business held in private email accounts.
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Posted on December 15, 2011 11:00
The law has changed that applies to how institutions must use cookies.
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Posted on December 14, 2011 10:30
Guidance has been issued by the ICO on how the rules apply for those operating websites and using cookies.
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Posted on December 09, 2011 16:27
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.
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Posted on November 25, 2011 21:39
Find out what your institution should be doing about its use of cookies in the JISC Legal article entitled "Cookies - Six months Until Enforcement".
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Posted on November 25, 2011 17:07
The law has changed that applies to how cookies are used by websites.
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Posted on November 22, 2011 11:58
This guidance is designed to help institutions deal with consent management when sharing personal data across and between institutions and external service providers.
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Posted on November 15, 2011 10:30
New tools being developed will shield personal data and reveal when sites do not respect privacy requests.
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Posted on November 09, 2011 16:01
Prior explicit consent to processing will be necessary under proposed new EU data protection laws.
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Posted on November 03, 2011 12:47
ACAS guide offers practical tips on the impact of social networking on discipline and grievances, bullying, defamation, data protection and privacy.
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Posted on October 31, 2011 10:21
Four out of ten students online are concerned about how their online profiles might affect their future.
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Posted on October 28, 2011 13:37
It is important to recognise that in any situation where a data controller is using a data processor, the data controller remains responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA).
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Posted on October 20, 2011 11:07
Joint Committee report on defamation law recommends new notice and take-down internet procedures as well as increased protection for scientists and academics.
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Posted on September 14, 2011 15:37
Cloud computing - two further papers by the Queen Mary University of London, School of Law Cloud Legal Project
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Posted on August 30, 2011 11:30
In this guide you’ll find information on the legal issues related to cloud computing as relevant to staff, learners and other authorised users.
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Posted on August 30, 2011 11:15
In this guide you’ll find information about the various legal issues related to cloud computing, particularly those of relevance to senior managers in FE and HE.
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