Institutional Web Management Workshop 2011:
Responding to Change

Parallel Sessions A5: Your Top Ten Legal Issues To Be Thinking About Now

Title:

A5: Your Top Ten Legal Issues To Be Thinking About Now

Session Tag:

#A5

Time:

Tuesday 26th July 2011 at 15:30 - 17:00

Facilitator:

Jason Miles-Campbell, JISC Legal.

Room:

Palmer G.05 (Ground Floor)

Abstract:

This session will explore JISC Legal's top ten tips for institutional web managers. Not only will it ensure you can sleep easy assured of your web services' compliance, but also know you're making best use of the law's possibilities. Topical issues will include confidence with the cloud, using cookies the legal way, and using the law to ensure outsourcing doesn't become 'ouchsourcing'. Through a lively and interactive session, participants will take away relevant, practical tips to prevent legal uncertainty getting in the way of beneficial technology and to avoid myths about the law cramping an institution's techno-style.

Participants will take away from this session:

• practical, relevant and implementable tips on legally compliant website provision
• the ability to review their current provision with best practice in relation to legal compliance
• answers to frequently asked questions in this area
• signposts to further assistance and resources

Materials

The presentation is available on the Slideshare repository and embedded below.