Pinsent Masons has extended its range of training courses tocover the basics of IT law. Although the full set of courseshas been designed to enable those attending to take theInformation Systems Examination Board (ISEB) Certificate inIT law the courses are also suitable for those who do notwish to take the examination but who just need to knowabout specific areas of IT law. Each part of the course can bebooked separately.

Courses in 2007 will be held in the Pinsent Masons offices inLondon, Leeds and Birmingham. The courses:

• Provide an introduction to IT Law;• Offer a comprehensive grounding in specific topics;• Have a practical focus.

Objectives of the Course

The ISEB describes the objectives of the course as being:

"ISEB IT Law Essentials provides knowledge and practicalexperience across the broad range of issues that accompanythe use of information technology, including contract,intellectual property, privacy, employment, informationsecurity, the requirements relating to digital evidence.Through the use of real world examples, you'll study themajor legislation that governs the use of IT. You'll learn howthese laws are applied, what the implications are for anorganisation and the remedies and penalties available forinfringement".

List of Courses

Contract - Code IT1

Contents of courseNature of contracts; essential elements (offer andacceptance, consideration, formation on-line); incorporationof terms; representations and warranties; Remedies(damages, penalties, termination); assignments and rights ofthird parties; relevant statutes and regulations (e.g. Sale ofGoods, Unfair Contract Terms, E-Commerce regs; DistanceSelling Rules); electronic contracts; core contract terms; ITspecifics (e.g. licence, development, ASP agreements).

Employment - Code IT2

Contents of courseNature of the contract of employment; workers, employeesand contractors; duties of the employer and employee;liability for the acts of employees; outsourcing issues andTUPE; PAYE and self-employment.

Governance and accessibility - Code IT3

Contents of courseWeb accessibility standards and disability rules; computermisuse and abuse of security; security standards and rules;encryption, public key infrastructure and trusted thirdparties; information security, hardware, vulnerability,

Looking at:

Contract

Employment

Governance andaccessibility

Privacy

Intellectual propertyrights

Evidence

January 2005 to January 2006

Courses in IT Law Essentials

Training in London, Leeds and Birmingham

Courses in IT Law Essentials

management of security, legal obligations; introduction tostandards.

Privacy - Code IT4

Contents of courseData protection, exemptions, principles and individual rights;rights of access to information under the Freedom ofInformation Act 2000 and disclosure of information under theFOIA; Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;interception and monitoring; Privacy and ElectronicCommunications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, obligationson service providers; privacy rights under the Human RightsAct 1998.

Intellectual property rights - Code IT5

Contents of courseOverview of intellectual property rights; reasons forprotection and nature of rights; copyright, nature of interestprotected, duration, scope, exceptions; database rights;patents monopoly rights, eligibility for patent protection,infringement, securing a patent; overview of other aspectscovering confidentiality agreements, trademarks and passingoff; domain names; design rights; licensing and assignments;ownership; enforcement.

Evidence - Code IT6

Contents of courseTypes of evidence and use of digital evidence; admissibility;weight and credibility; retention and retrieval of digitaldocuments; electronic signatures.

The Qualification

The Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) is adivision of the British Computer Society. ISEB administersexaminations and issues certificates in a wide range ofsubjects in the IT field. More information, including the fullsyllabus, can be found on the websitehttp://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=conWebDoc.2262

The Certificate in IT Law Essentials is a new certificatelaunched in 2005. Organisations which wish to offer courseswhich prepare candidates for the examination must apply foraccreditation to ISEB. The course materials, tutors andpremises are reviewed before an accreditation is awarded.

The examination for the IT Law Essentials certificate willconsist of 40 multiple-choice questions. Each question willcarry one mark. The syllabus is divided into Part A and Part B.Candidates must achieve a pass in both Parts. Each Part willconsist of 20 questions. The examination will last for onehour. The examination will be closed book. A minimum passof 13 correct answers out of 20 in each Part is required.

Part A consists of Contract Law, Privacy and Evidence. Part Bconsists of Intellectual Property, Employment andGovernance and Accessibility.

A fee of £125 is payable to the ISEB for entry.

Pinsent Masons Course

The six modules are being offered over 3 separate days inconsecutive weeks. Two modules are covered in each day.Places can be booked on individual modules. Candidates whowish to take the examination will be expected to carry outreading and private study before and after the teachingmodules. The course covers a wide area of law and a degreeof commitment to private study will be required. Weestimate that candidates should allow as much time forreading and private study as is spent in the taughtenvironment, approximately 20 hours.

The ISEB publishes a specimen paper which candidates shouldutilise as examination practice. In addition Pinsent Masonsoffers a mock examination which it is anticipated will beavailable on line. We have found the use of a mockexamination to be very helpful to candidates in other ISEBexamined courses. The mock examination may be bookedseparately. Candidates can sit the ISEB examination withoutattending the mock examination but we would suggest thatthey think carefully before deciding to do this.

We have allowed a period of weeks between the course andthe examination dates to allow candidates to carry outrevision and private study, to take the mock examination andassess readiness.

Examination Dates 2007/2008

Course tutors

The course tutors will be drawn from Pinsent Masons' staffwho work in the relevant areas and have extensive experienceof training in this and related areas.

Will anyone see my exam mark?

Pinsent Masons will know whether candidates have passed orfailed but will not know the marks unless the candidatechooses. If Pinsent Masons is granted permission by candidatesto see their marks then we can assess the effectiveness of our

24 August 2007

23 November 2007

22 February 2008

18 July 2008

Courses in IT Law Essentials

August 2007

courses. Pinsent Masons will not disclose any mark provided tous unless the candidate has given prior consent.

Other training courses

Pinsent Masons also provides training in Data Protection,Freedom of Information, Human Rights, Re-use ofInformation and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act.If you would like further information about any of these areasor information about on-site courses please contact HelenHadjipantelis.

Course fees

Cost (ex VAT)

Full day (includes two half-days) £400 9.30am - 5.15pm

Half day only £250

All three days £1000

Mock examination (at our offices) £250 11.00am -to include de-brief 4.00pmORMock examination (In your own time - £100sent to your home/office) to includetelephone/e-mail de-brief

ISEB exam £130 10.00am - 11.00am

Terms, booking arrangements and conditions

Payment is expected in advance (eg a cheque made payableto Pinsent Masons which can accompany the booking form orby BACS Child & Co, 1 Fleet Street, London ED4Y 1BD SortCode 15-80-00, Pinsent Masons Office Account Number64210761). We will acknowledge payment by sending aconfirmatory invoice. Alternatively, please provide a purchaseorder with your booking. Course places cannot be reservedunless one of our payment options is chosen.

Bookings

All bookings will be confirmed formally within two weeks ofyour order. If you have not received confirmation within twoweeks please contact Helen Hadjipantelis.

Cancellations

Cancellations must be confirmed in writing, fax or email andare subject to the following cancellation charges: more than28 days notice - no charge; between 14 and 28 days notice -50% of the course fee; less than 14 days notice - 100% of thecourse fee.

Further details

www.pinsentmasons.com

Our website provides details of the syllabus of every course inthis brochure; how the ISEB syllabus interrelates with eachcourse; and information about legal services in the context ofinformation technology (eg data protection, electroniccommerce and the law; basic computer law in the UK, IToutsourcing and software supply and other newsflashes andlonger articles).

www.out-law.com

Pinsent Masons' website devoted to up-to-date news onactivities relevant to E-commerce and the use of informationtechnology. The news service is free of charge.

Talk to us

Please don't hesitate to contact us by phone: 020 7490 6218,fax: 020 7490 2545 or email: training@pinsentmasons.com orwrite to us at Pinsent Masons' London office at the addresson the booking form.

More about Pinsent Masons

Pinsent Masons is a top 15 law firm with over 250 partnersand 900 lawyers. In addition to providing a full range ofcommercial legal services, Pinsent Masons is widelyrecognised as one of the leading providers of specialistoutsourcing, technology, intellectual property andinformation law legal services. We have 100 lawyers, basedin offices across the UK, working in these specialist fields.

August 2007

Courses in IT Law Essentials

Please complete this form and return by post or fax to Helen Hadjipantelis, Pinsent Masons, 30 Aylesbury Street, London EC1R OER,

helenh@pinsentmasons.com, T 020 7490 6218 F 020 7490 2545. If you want to book more than one delegate, please use an additional sheet;

the course dates and locations are shown on page 3 of this form. General queries can be sent by e-mail to training@pinsentmasons.com.

DELEGATE 1 NAME Job title

Organisation Address

Address (cont...)

Town/City Postcode

Phone number E-mail

Course codes

Course dates

Course location: LONDON/LEEDS/BIRMINGHAM (indicate which one applies)

NOTE: It is very important for us to have complete contact details for those delegates who are seeking the ISEB qualification.

Address of contact in case of any query If the person we should contact is not the delegate named above, please provide the contact's details as specified below. The invoice and

course confirmation details will be sent to this person.

CONTACT NAME Job title

Organisation Address

Address (cont...)

Town/City Postcode

Phone number E-mail

Methods of paymentPlease indicate your payment method by ticking one of the boxes listed below. Booking forms not indicating a payment method will be

returned. The amount to be paid should take account of the available discounts and VAT - see the section of this Booking Form entitled

"Discounts for multiple course bookings" overpage.

I would like to arrange payment:

By reference to the attached Purchase Order Order Number

By cheque made payable to Pinsent Masons Solicitors for the value of £

By BACS transfer (Pinsent Masons' bank details overleaf)* Date of Transfer (if known)

Signature of person responsible for paymentI agree to the terms and conditions as stated on this booking form.

Signed Date

Data Protection Notice: Pinsent Masons or our business partners may contact you, directly or via our agents, by mail, email, phone, fax or otherelectronic messaging service to tell you about our legal and related services, and to send you details of future events, and legal and commercialupdates, based on your preferences. By providing us with your fax number, telephone number or email address you consent to being contactedby those methods for these purposes. If you do not wish to receive marketing information from Pinsent Masons, tick thisbox: or from our business partners, tick this box: . If your details were previously held by Pinsents or Masons for their marketing activity,they are now held by a new data controller -Pinsent Masons. Your details are held in Pinsent Masons central marketing database. Should youwish to be removed from this and no longer receive communications from Pinsent Masons, please tick this box .

For a copy of our full privacy statement, to return this form, to register objections, or to request specific contact methods, contactDP Marketing at 30 Aylesbury Street London EC1R 0ER or dpmarketing@pinsentmasons.com.

Booking form and courses dates

August 2007Booking Form

Courses in IT Law Essentials

Dates and locations of courses 2007/2008

August 2007

Course Titles

Day 1

IT1 (am) - Contract

IT2 (pm) - Employment

Day 2

IT3 (am) - Governance

IT4 (pm) - Privacy

Day 3

IT5 (am) - Intellectual Property

IT6 (pm) - Evidence

London

30 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0ER.

IT1 & 2 ..................................15 October 2007

IT3 & 4 ................................29 October 2007

IT5 & 6................................5 November 2007

Mock Exam ......................19 November 2007

Exam ................................23 November 2007

IT1 & 2...........................................12 May 2008

IT3 & 4.......................................... 2 June 2008

IT 5 & 6 ...................................... 16 June 2008

Mock Exam.................................... 7 July 2008

Exam..............................................18 July 2008

Leeds

I Park Row, Leeds, LS1 5AB

IT1 & 2 ............................................9 July 2007

IT3 & 4..........................................16 July 2007

IT5 & 6..........................................30 July 2007

Mock Exam ............................20 August 2007

Exam........................................24 August 2007

Birmingham

3 Colmore Circus, Birmingham, B4 6BH

IT1 & 2 ..................................14 January 2008

IT3 & 4 ..................................28 January 2008

IT5 & 6 ................................11 February 2008

Mock Exam ........................18 February 2008

Exam ....................................22 February 2008

Pinsent Masons offices in the UK

London

30 Aylesbury Street

London EC1R 0ER

T +44 (0) 20 7490 4000

F +44 (0) 20 7490 2545

CityPoint

One Ropemaker Street

London EC2Y 9AH

T +44 (0) 20 7418 7000

F +44 (0) 20 7418 7050

Birmingham

3 Colmore Circus

Birmingham B4 6BH

T +44 (0) 121 200 1050

F +44 (0) 121 626 1040

Bristol

1-4 Portland Square

Bristol BS2 8RR

T +44 (0) 117 924 5678

F +44 (0) 117 924 6699

Edinburgh

18-22 Melville Street

Edinburgh EH3 7NS

T +44 (0) 131 225 0000

F +44 (0) 131 225 0099

Glasgow

123 St Vincent Street

Glasgow G2 5EA

T +44 (0) 141 248 4858

F +44 (0) 141 248 6655

Leeds

1 Park Row

Leeds LS1 5AB

T +44 (0) 113 244 5000

F +44 (0) 113 244 8000

Manchester

100 Barbirolli Square

Manchester M2 3SS

T +44 (0) 161 234 8234

F +44 (0) 161 234 8235

The Chancery

58 Spring Gardens

Manchester M2 1EW

T +44 (0) 161 250 0100

F +44 (0) 161 250 0142

This note does not constitute legal advice. Specific legal advice should be taken before acting on any of the topics covered.

LONDON BIRMINGHAM BRISTOL EDINBURGH GLASGOW LEEDS MANCHESTER BEIJING BRUSSELS DUBAI HONG KONG SHANGHAI

T 0845 300 32 32 www.pinsentmasons.com

Should you have any questions please contact your usual Pinsent Masons adviser who will be able to assist you further.

© Pinsent Masons 2007