[vyper]

Being an undergrad (going into honours) I am continuously amused by  the standards I see in the IT industry, here, abroad and I'm quite sure in alien civilisations across the universe. In the latest item to be highlighted, http://www.bcs.org/ebulletin/040707/law/ , the BCS points out how little managers know about IT Law.

So, how much do those of u in IT know here?

[Flipside]

hehehehe Tell me about it, most companies don't have a clue about the content or requirements of the Data Protection Act. I might print this out and give it to my Boss actually

[vyper]

They do have a book too you know....

[aldo_14]

I did a class in 2nd year that covered the ethical and legal issues of law.  

Can't remember any of it, of course

(edit - class not course)

[vyper]

We get it as a half-module in honours year

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Expecting the kind of people that rely on outlook express and IE to know this stuff?

Expect wrong...

Or something.
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[Flipside]

Problems is theres Laws and Sub-Laws and Sub-clauses to Sub-Laws and By-Laws and Subclauses to By-Laws etc.

Nobody really knows what the rules are in the UK anymore, so the Police tend to react by decisively enforcing none of them :/ I'm not even sure who actually makes people aware of these laws, often companies only learn they exist when they are being taken to court

Since learning the laws became the responsibilty of the individual, the Lawmakes have been doing the Beaurocratic version of fretwanking