Professional and Legal Issues INFO2009 - Introduction

Introductory lecture which sketches expectations of the module and deals with admin of establishing student groups

Handout - Categorising Professional and Legal Issues

two page handout, includes two task, one for class, one for homework

Professional, Legal and ethical issues - indicative topic list

indicative list of topic areas for professional, legal and ethical issues modules clustered into broad themes. Document is to be consulted in conjunction with other slides and notes for the module.

INFO2009 IT and Legal Issues Handout

Some of this set of resources is a verbatim copy of a google knol created by Norman Creaney of the University of Ulster. Other parts of the document contextualise the content in terms of preparing for a stage test in Legal and Professional Issues. The notes should be read in conjuction with other materials which have been provided as slides and handouts (notably handouts covering Workplace perspectives)

Introduction to Professional and Legal Issues: INFO2009

slides and activities outlining the extent of the module,outline of proposed courseworks. Includes a couple of activities

COMP1205 Legal and Ethical issues Introduction

Notes, slides, links. See also notes on ECS module page: https://secure.ecs.soton.ac.uk/module/1617/COMP1205/33423/

Privacy and Electronic Communications

slides for a class which explores professional, ethical and legal issues surround the use, storage and transmission of electronic communications and data. Follows on from previous class which looked in greater detail at the Data Protection Act

Big Data: Wrongs and Rights by Andrew Cormack (WAIS Seminar)

Abstract: Big Data has been characterised as a great economic opportunity and a massive threat to privacy. Both may be correct: the same technology can indeed be used in ways that are highly beneficial and those that are ethically intolerable, maybe even simultaneously. Using examples of how Big Data might be used in education - normally referred to as "learning analytics" - the seminar will discuss possible ethical and legal frameworks for Big Data, and how these might guide the development of technologies, processes and policies that can deliver the benefits of Big Data without the nightmares. Speaker Biography: Andrew Cormack is Chief Regulatory Adviser, Jisc Technologies. He joined the company in 1999 as head of the JANET-CERT and EuroCERT incident response teams. In his current role he concentrates on the security, policy and regulatory issues around the network and services that Janet provides to its customer universities and colleges. Previously he worked for Cardiff University running web and email services, and for NERC's Shipboard Computer Group. He has degrees in Mathematics, Humanities and Law.