Prevent and Internet filtering policies

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Open Rights Group

Dear University of the West of England,

Can you please supply:

(1) your policy or policy guidance for duties under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 duties for the various local authorities listed in Schedule 6, known as “Prevent”;

(2) your policy relating to Internet filtering, blocking and prevention of access to material deemed inappropriate;

(3) the name of any providers of Internet filtering and blocking services that you use, or else a statement that you do not block or filter content at all;

(4) a list of agreements, arrangements or Memorandums of Understanding between yourselves and bodies such as the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), the Counter Terrorism Internet Referral Unit (CTIRU) of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), or Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) of the City of London Police, to receive lists of illegal or illicit content, for instance for the purposes of blocking.

Finally, can you:

(5) tell me if any filtering or blocking service that you use incorporates lists from the IWF, CTIRU or PIPCU, and which lists are incorporated; and

(6) provide to me any clauses within any contract or terms and conditions of service agreed with your filtering and blocking providers that relate to their use of information from the IWF, CTIRU or PIPCU.

Yours faithfully,

Jim Killock

Foi Requests, University of the West of England

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Dear Mr Killock

 

 

Your request for information has been received.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

D Bean

Governance, Policy and FoI Officer

 

University of the West of England

Frenchay Campus

Bristol  BS16 1QY

 

 

 

Foi Requests, University of the West of England

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Dear Mr Killock

 

 

The University’s response is attached.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

D Bean

Governance, Policy and FoI Officer

 

University of the West of England

Frenchay Campus

Bristol  BS16 1QY

 

 

 

 

Open Rights Group

Dear Foi Requests,

Thank you very much for your very helpful reply.

For absolutely clarity, can I check if you use content filters for any general purposes? I am interested to know if you for instance block pornography, hate speech, violence, etc. for any parts of your network or users.

Yours sincerely,

Jim Killock

Foi Requests, University of the West of England

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Dear Mr Killock

 

 

The University’s response is attached.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

D Bean

Governance, Policy and FoI Officer

 

University of the West of England

Frenchay Campus

Bristol  BS16 1QY