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09/01/2010 09:37 AM |
| Advertising Standards Authority to Regulate Online |
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Online marketing and advertisments will, from 1 March 2011, be subject to the same strict advertising rules as traditional media.
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08/27/2010 02:06 PM |
| Germany Rules Out Facebook Search on Employees |
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A new law seeks to balance the protection of an employee's personal data with the legitimate rights of employers.
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08/26/2010 11:14 AM |
| Ipod Generation Shuns ICT Qualifications |
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The UK IT industry has raised serious concerns over the worrying decrease in numbers of students taking formal ICT qualifications.
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08/25/2010 11:52 AM |
| New Privacy Law Needed |
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Minister suggests law reform by Parliament is required to prevent judicial decisions creating a privacy law 'by stealth'.
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08/24/2010 01:20 PM |
| Sensitive Medical Records Left at Bus Stop |
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A CD containing sensitive personal data was discovered at a bus stop and was unencrypted with no password protection.
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08/24/2010 10:11 AM |
| Intellectual Property to Encourage Innovation |
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A research programme into intellectual property and its value to the British economy has been unveiled.
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08/23/2010 03:11 PM |
| Think Twice Before You 'Send' |
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One in twenty employees face a reprimand for email 'bloomers'.
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08/20/2010 02:28 PM |
| Wanted - Your Views on New Public Sector Equality Duty |
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A consultation by the GEO seeks views on proposals for draft regulations on the new public sector equality duty.
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08/19/2010 04:30 PM |
| Computer Glitch caused Public Gaffe for University |
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A glitch in Middlesex University’s I.T system meant 2500 acceptance letters mistakenly offering places were sent out to applicants.
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08/18/2010 02:15 PM |
| Coming Back to Haunt You |
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Google's chief executive warns of the future impact of making personal information freely available online.
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08/17/2010 10:02 AM |
| FOI in Scotland Reaches New Landmark |
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FE and HE institutions need to present clear arguments when they decide to withhold information.
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08/17/2010 09:26 AM |
| How Safe Is Your Password? |
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Experian survey finds that more than 50 per cent of passwords are made up of information freely available online, putting millions at potential risk of identity fraud.
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08/13/2010 02:46 PM |
| Now Easier to Report Abuse on Facebook |
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More Facebook users are reporting suspicious behaviour.
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08/13/2010 01:15 PM |
| Council 'Snoop' Breached RIPA and Human Rights |
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A landmark ruling held that covert surveillance by a local authority to establish whether a family lived at a particular address was not necessary, not proportionate and breached their right to privacy.
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08/03/2010 01:33 PM |
| Vice Chancellor Argues Universities Benefit by Giving Academics Ownership of IPR |
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The vice-chancellor of Queen Mary, University of London, has argued that giving academics the intellectual property rights to their work to universities will stimulate greater involvement in external engagement and knowledge dissemination.
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07/30/2010 02:47 PM |
| Intellectual Property Needs in the Digital Age |
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Research community calls for extension to fair dealing provisions under UK copyright law
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07/28/2010 12:17 PM |
| Facebook ‘Joke’ Backfires in £10,000 Libel Damages |
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An indecent image of children posted onto a law student’s Facebook page, together with a comment falsely indicating he was a paedophile, was held to be defamatory and deeply offensive.
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07/28/2010 11:55 AM |
| Nowhere to Run - EU Online Copyright Infringement Agreement Being Drawn Up |
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A working party representing 37 EU countries is currently negotiating the Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which intends to tackle online copyright infringements on an international level.
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07/26/2010 04:36 PM |
| Taking the RAP - the ICO's FOI Regulatory Action Policy |
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ICO has published an FOI Regulatory Action Policy outlining enforcement mechanisms.
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07/23/2010 12:07 PM |
| University Must Disclose Raw Research Data |
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The ICO held that Queen's University Belfast had wrongly applied exceptions under FOI and EIR, and ordered the institution to disclose raw data.
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