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Legal Environment of Digital Curation

28 September 2007
TBC

Overview

This one-day workshop provided a useful overview of legal considerations for non-legal professionals who work with data. The day comprised talks by experts in the following areas:

  • Intellectual property rights and licensing
  • Data protection, freedom of information and privacy
  • Data as evidence

These talks were followed by group discussion on each of these areas in the afternoon.

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Workshop Materials

Opening Session

Session 1

Session 2

  • When Worlds Collide: The interface between Freedom of Information and the Data Protection Act regarding health data Dr Renate Gertz, AHRC Research Centre View PDF [153KB] or view PowerPoint slides [440KB]
  • The Fit between the Environmental Information Regulations and Freedom of Information Colin Pelton, Head of Open Government, Natural Environment Research Council View PDF [227KB] or view PowerPoint slides [1.2MB]

Session 3

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Intended Audience

The intended audience for this event were people who:

  • Share data
  • Manage data for others
  • Need to preserve data
  • Are setting up institutional repositories for data
  • Manage collaborations depending on data

Venue

This event took place in Charles Wilson Building (E15 on the campus map [external]), University of Glasgow.

Registration

Registration fees were £30 for DCC Associates Network members and £60 for non-members.

Membership of the DCC Associates Network is FREE! For more information on becoming a member, see our Associates Network page.

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The DCC is funded by

Joint Information Systems Committee