IT Services: The Law
Acts of Parliament define the legal frameworks under which the University provides a computer service, and also regulate your activities as a user of the computer service.
You should refer also to the local Conditions for the Use of Computers within the University, which include brief notes on the relevance of the various Acts to your use of computers and networks in the University.
A paper (January 1998) reporting on Legal Risks on the Internet may also be of relevant interest.
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900018_en_1.htm
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1988/Ukpga_19880048_en_1.htm
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980029_en_1
Freedom of Information Act 2000
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukpga_20000036_en_1
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980042_en_1
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1995/Ukpga_19950050_en_1.htm
Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2001/ukpga_20010010_en_1
Obscene Publications Act 1989
Protection of Children Act 1978
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1978/cukpga_19780037_en_1
Protection from Harassment Act 1997
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1997/ukpga_19970040_en_1
Public Order (Scotland) Act 1989
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1976/cukpga_19760074_en_1
Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation/scotland/acts2000/asp_20000011_en_1
see also the Statutory Instrument:
Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20002699.htm
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1975/cukpga_19750065_en_1
Telecommunications Act 1984
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1994/Ukpga_19940026_en_1.htm