The Government has published its proposed guidance to universities, colleges and other specified authorities on what they will be expected to do to satisfy their duty under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 to “to have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”. This guidance may not become law […]
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Duty on tertiary education organisations introduced by the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. The duty is to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism” (s.26(1)). That’s it: you’d be amazed how much opinion, guidance and process has flowed from those 14 words…
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Preparing for Prevent
While we’re still awaiting the announcement of the date when universities and colleges will have a legal duty to “have due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism”, there’s probably enough information available in the published guidance for organisations to start reviewing whether their current practice is likely to be […]
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Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
The Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, which received Royal Assent last week, has some network-related provisions among its various powers relating to terrorism. Section 21 adds further “relevant internet data” to the list of information that public telecommunications operators may be required to retain about the use of their networks and systems. Although in Parliament […]