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JISC Legal
01/29/2010 01:54 PM |
| University Scientists in Climategate Row |
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Freedom of Information requests were not dealt with as they should have been by The University of East Anglia.
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01/29/2010 11:17 AM |
| Swift Action by Website Beats Defamation |
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Removing potentially libellous material posted by website users as soon as possible can protect from liability
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01/28/2010 04:33 PM |
| Data Breaches - ICO Raises the Stakes |
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Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010
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01/27/2010 04:16 PM |
| Don't Ignore Unclear FOI Requests |
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The Scottish Information Commissioner publishes new guidance for making and handling FOI requests.
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01/26/2010 04:44 PM |
| CILIP Training Course: Copyright for Beginners |
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CILIP are offering a full-day training course on Copyright for Beginners, available in London on 3 March 2010, and on 16 September 2010.
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01/25/2010 12:33 PM |
| Safeguarding: Meeting Your e-Safety Duties 03/03/10 |
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New JISC Legal webcast: satisfy your legal duties and inspection needs.
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01/22/2010 04:07 PM |
| Downside of Copying Your Own Work |
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Where an employee creates a work, unknown to his employer, and copies that work to create something new, there is no case for infringement.
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01/22/2010 11:55 AM |
| RIPA (Part 2) New Codes of Practice |
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Further to consultation on The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Home Office has published new Codes of Practice that will come into force on 6 April 2010.
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01/19/2010 01:59 PM |
| Sorting Out Your Records Collection |
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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.
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01/19/2010 10:45 AM |
| Information Tribunal Replaced by General Regulatory Chamber |
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The Information Tribunal has been abolished and its functions have been subsumed into the General Regulatory Chamber.
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01/19/2010 10:10 AM |
| Taking a Data Protection Case to Court - New Guidance |
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Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publishes new guidance to help individuals in Northern Ireland take a claim to court under the Data Protection Act.
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01/15/2010 02:56 PM |
| Government Launches New Protecting Information Report |
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This report highlights developments that have taken place since the publication of the Data Handling Review.
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01/13/2010 02:32 PM |
| New Penalties for Serious Data Protection Breaches |
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ICO issues guidance on its new powers to impose monetary penalties of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.
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01/06/2010 10:38 AM |
| High School Gets Rapped Across The Data Protection Knuckles |
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A Birmingham high school has been required to sign a formal undertaking after a laptop containing the unencrypted personal details of around a thousand staff and students was stolen.Â
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01/05/2010 03:02 PM |
| Big Bucks for Copyright Infringement |
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An American graduate found guilty of copyright infringement for illegally downoading and uploading songs on Napster and Kazaa is seeking a new trial or a reduction of damages.
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12/23/2009 09:24 AM |
| Google Guilty of Copyright Infringement |
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French court finds Google guilty of infringing copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online.
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12/22/2009 03:37 PM |
| Take Down Might Not Be The End of the Story... |
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Penningtons Solicitors have reported on a recent settlement between Getty Images and a removals firm which had used without licence a Getty Images photo.
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12/22/2009 02:58 PM |
| Revised Code of Practice under Section 60 of the FOI (Scotland) Act 2002 |
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The consultation on a revised code of practice can be found on the Scottish Government website.
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12/21/2009 02:25 PM |
| Redaction Time Cannot Count |
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The Information Tribunal has ruled that redaction time cannot count towards Freedom of Information (FOI) cost capping.Â
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12/15/2009 02:10 PM |
| EU Approves Copyright Treaty |
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EUÂ approves two agreements on copyright law.
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