A Manager's Guide to IT Law

Edited by Jeremy Holt, Jeremy Newton

Not available to order

Publication date:

22 August 2011

Length of book:

206 pages

Publisher

BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Dimensions:

246x172mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9781906124755

This comprehensive guide for management professionals discusses the computer-related legal issues faced by businesses and their staff on a daily basis. ‘A Managers Guide to IT Law’ explains, in plain English, the most relevant legal frameworks with examples from actual case law used to illustrate the kinds of problems and disputes that arise most commonly. The contributors to this book have been handpicked for their breadth of knowledge

1 IT contracts
2 Systems procurement contracts
3 Avoiding employment problems
4 Intellectual property law for computer users
5 Source code escrow
6 Outsourcing
7 Data protection
8 Doing business online
9 Setting up joint ventures
10 Cloud computing
11 Open source
12 WEEE regulations
13 Freedom of information
14 Resolving disputes

My expectations of this book were high and have not been disappointed at all - it is very relevant and, like the earlier volume, is packed with information that we as IT professionals need [...] This is a great book to have in the office to act as a checklist for IT managers, or even for commercial contract specialists who may not appreciate the full range of issues that needs to be covered in a new supplier agreement.