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Scottish Natural Heritage and local authorities are going to have
duty to publicise and promote the Scottish Outdoor Access Code under
the new access legislation within the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.
The web will be a good opportunity to do this work. However there
are a number of legal requirement you need to consider when developing
a web site.
Disability Access Legislation
Under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 reasonable steps must
be taken to ensure your web site is accessible and usable by everyone.
Accessibility means that everyone must be able to access the information
regardless of disability. Usability means being able to navigate
through it easily to find the information you require.
You can get more guidance on these issues from the World Wide Web
Consortium at www.w3.org/WAI
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Data Protection Act
The Data Protection Act 1998 was set up to protect an individual's
right to privacy. A guide on data protection is available at www.dataprotection.gov.uk
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Copyright
The use of material
on the Internet is subject to similar copyright conditions as for
other types of media. By law, you must follow the copyright legislation
set out in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998 when copying
published material.
Consent of the copyright holder should be sought if
any large scale or systematic use of material is to be made. This
means all published material whether in hard copy or electronic
copy format no matter what the source. (Web, Email, published document).
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E- Government
The Government has developed a framework for the public sector to
adhere to as they put their e-Government offerings together in time
for 2005. This e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) defines
the essential pre-requisites for a joined-up and web enabled government.
It includes the adoption of an extentable Markup Language (XML)
allowing information to be shared across many platforms.
The benefits of this are second to none where efficient data sharing
is of upmost importance.
You can read more details about the Legislative
issues (1,065 KB) here as a pdf download.
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