1. Mark Denham Glasgow University Library
Legal Issues
Mark Denham Glasgow University Library

2. Introduction Laws Help from the University
Help from outside the University
Some suggestions

3. ISWG - Legislative Compliance in Information Exchange
Data Protection Act 1998
Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Human Rights Act 1998
Disability Discrimination Act 2005
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988

4. Impact of Legislation for Providers of IT Services
Computer Misuse Act 1990
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003
Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000

5. Yet More Legislation Procurement Regulations
Electricity at Work Regulations 1989
The Health & Safety (Display Screen Equipment) Regulations 1992
The Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992
EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
EC Directive on the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (RoHS)
And lots more besides

6. Help from the University
University Policies
Some are very general and don’t say what you should do
Not all areas have policies
Multiple policies in conflict
Information Pages
From the perspective of the law rather than the individual
Often not clear as to the status of a document
Heavily compartmentalised
Laws are updated but are the pages?

7. External Guidance Guidance notes to Legislation
Guidance from other parties
General guidance for managing IT Services eg IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

8. Suggestions
Improve co-ordination of those developing policies and providing information
Policies should be regularly reviewed
Status of information should be made more clear
Move to providing information related to a task rather than to a law
Consider a more robust system for the management of IT Services such as IT-IL

9. References Copyright - http://www.gla.ac.uk/copyright/
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