Information law

quite a few things you wanted to know about the law but were afraid to ask

with Professor Charles Oppenheim

6pm, Wednesday 11 November 2009    
Tickets: £15.

Garden Court, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ

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In the Information Age, keeping legal with how you obtain, manage and use information is increasingly complex. Professor Charles Oppenheim is a world-class expert on legal information issues. He’ll be clarifying how to stay legal on issues such as:

• data protection: what information to keep and what not to keep about your clients and contacts
• information in the cloud: the legal issues to be aware of when using cloud computing and hosted services
• protecting your reputation online: how to use the internet and social media without risking your reputation
• disability discrimination: how to ensure your website complies with the law
• contracts: what constitutes a contract in the world of email and tick boxes
• trademarks and domain names: why they should matter to you

Put your own question to Charles

You’ll have the opportunity to submit your question to Charles when you book.

 

Charles Oppenheim

Charles Oppenheim was  Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University between 1998 and 2009. He was Head of the Department of Information Science between 2006 and 2009. He retired in 2009, and is now Emeritus Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University.

In his past life, he has  held a variety of posts in academia and the electronic publishing industry, working for International Thomson, Pergamon and Reuters at various times. He has been involved in, and published widely on legal issues in information work, electronic publishing and other aspects of scholarly communication.

Charles is an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals. He is one of only three people in the world to have been awarded a higher doctorate in Information Science. He is a member of the Legal Advisory Board of the European Commission. He is a regular contributor to conferences and to the professional and scholarly literature, and is on the editorial board of several professional and learned journals.

Who should attend?

• Anyone dealing with information in smaller organisations
• Information Management & Knowledge Management Consultants
• IT Consultants and IT support companies

Schedule

Venue

Garden Court, 57-60 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3LJ (Nearest tube: Holborn)