Folks,

The JISC service based here at Strathclyde are running the undernoted
webcast - I hope it may be of interest to some of you or your
colleagues.

Cheers,

Duncan

Duncan Ireland
Internet Officer
0141 548 4373

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Interception and Monitoring Law - Free to View Live Webcast - JISC Legal

Wednesday, 16 May 2007 - 2.00pm to 3.45pm

As a member of IT staff in a UK college or university, you may be able
to access the personal disk space and personal web space for staff and
students at your institution.  In addition you may be able to access the
email boxes and records of web pages visited by staff and students.

You will want to know when and how it is legal to access another
person's email account, computer hard drive or network storage.  Reasons
for doing this might be related to long term staff absence, student
disciplinary investigation, and even antivirus scanning.  Other examples
include criminal investigations. 

JISC Legal aims to inform and assist operational staff who are faced
with the daily challenge of managing large amounts of personal and
private information but who are permitted to scrutinise and monitor it
only in limited ways.

- What staff and student communications can be legally monitored and
what cannot?
- If, for example, you want to access the emails and personal workspace
of an employee, who is on long term leave, how can you do this lawfully?
- If you are approached by the police for records of a student's
internet access and email usage that they suspect of being involved in
criminal offences what should you do?

These and other relevant questions will be examined and answered by the
JISC Legal webcast to be broadcast live on the internet on Wednesday, 16
May 2007 from 2.00pm to 3.45pm.

So tune in to our website at -
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Webcast/index.html for programme details and
further information.  No prior registration required!