Policy and Law and Privacy

Designed for college and university attorneys and administrators with responsibility for information technology, the NACUA Fall Workshop 2007 covers legal issues that arise at the intersection of computers and  internet with legal obligations relating to privacy, security, and intellectual property. The program begins with a session covering recent developments in digital copyright and trademark law, and includes separate tracks on copyright and intellectual property issues as well as contracting  and information technology law. Please join your colleagues November 7-9, 2007, in Washington, DC, for this opportunity for professional education, networking, and discussion.

This workshop is presented by NACUA in cooperation with EDUCAUSE.

From August, 2007, your host, Steve Worona, is joined by Michael Corn, Director of Security Services and Information Privacy for the Office of the CIO at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The topic is "Working Effectively with Law Enforcement: How to Protect the Privacy of Your University Community Without Going to Jail". Click on this topic link for access to the accompanying presentation slides.

In this hour and ten minute long podcast from the 2007 Seminars on Academic Computing, we hear from Fred H. Cate, Distinguished Professor at the School of Law and Director of the Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research at Indiana University, with a speech entitled, Privacy and Security in Higher Education: Filling the Policy Vacuum .

In this 17 minute recording, we'll hear from Marjory Blumenthal, Associate Provost responsible for Academic Affairs at Georgetown.  We'll talk about her work with with the Pew Internet & American Life Project, issues affecting the development of internet, and insights gleaned from her work on the book, Beyond Productivity: Information Technology, Innovation and Creativity. 


This interview is provided courtesy of CNI and was recorded at their 2006 Spring Task Force Meeting.  The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity.  You can learn more about CNI at their web site, http://www.cni.org