Prevent and Internet filtering policies
Dear Bishop Grosseteste University College,
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
Jim Killock
[[1]mailto:[Cais Rhyddid Gwybodaeth e-bost #406116 ]]
Dear Mr Killock
FOI REQUEST – ‘PREVENT’ DUTY & INTERNET FILTERING POLICIES (Bishop
Grosseteste University)
Emailed: 11 May 2017 20:53
I acknowledge receipt of your Freedom of Information request relating to
our policies and guidance made in respect of our duties as an HEI under
the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 regarding the need to prevent
people from being drawn into terrorism (known as the ‘Prevent’ Duty ). A
copy of your full request is attached below.
The request will be handled under the terms of the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, within 20 working days. This means that, after taking into
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by 9 June 2017.
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Yours sincerely
Guenever Moyes
Archivist & Records Manager
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Bishop Grosseteste University
Lincoln
LN1 3DY
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Jim Killock
[[1]mailto:[FOI #406116 email]]
Dear Mr Killock
FOI REQUEST – PREVENT DUTY & INTERNET FILTERING POLICIES (Bishop
Grosseteste University)
Emailed: 11 May 2017 20:53
Acknowledged: 12 May 2017 10:38
I write in response to your recent Freedom of Information request
regarding our Prevent duty under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act
2015 and, in particular, our Internet filtering policies. A copy of your
full request is attached below.
The information you requested is as follows:
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(1) Can you please supply 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’.
See documents attached above. These and other documents are
publicly available on our website at:
[2]http://www.bishopg.ac.uk/about/Governanc....
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(2) Can you please supply your policy relating to Internet
filtering, blocking and prevention of access to material deemed
inappropriate.
See our IT Security Policy which is publicly available on
our website at:
[3]http://www.bishopg.ac.uk/about/Governanc....
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(3) Can you please supply 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.
Palo Alto – PAN-DB.
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(4) Can you please supply 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.
N/A
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(5) Can you tell me if any filtering or blocking service that you
use incorporates lists from the IWF, CTIRU or PIPCU, and which lists are
incorporated.
See:
[4]https://www.iwf.org.uk/become-a-member/s....
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(6) Can you 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.
N/A
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Please contact me if you have any queries about this email or about the
information provided ([5][email address]).
If you are dissatisfied with the service you have received in relation to
your request and wish to make a complaint or ask for an internal review,
then please write to Dr Anne Jackson, Registrar and Secretary, Bishop
Grosseteste University, Lincoln LN1 3DY ([6][email address]).
If you are not content with the outcome of a complaint or internal review,
you have the right to appeal to the Information Commissioner. Generally,
however, she cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the
complaints and review procedures provided by the University itself. The
Information Commissioner can be contacted at The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9
5AF.
Yours sincerely
Guenever Moyes
Archivist & Records Manager
___________________________________
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Bishop Grosseteste University
Lincoln
LN1 3DY
_____________________________________________________
Telephone (01522) 583792 | Email [8][email address]
Twitter [9]www.twitter.com/bishopglibrary | Facebook
[10]www.facebook.com/bishopglibrary | Website [11]www.bishopg.ac.uk
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