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A request was made to the University of East Anglia for the release of a copy of an email. The email attached information that was being used to support a claim that academics from the University had manipulated...
Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal
A ticket exchange website has been ordered to hand over to the Rugby Football Union details of people who have sold on its site England rugby tickets for above the ticket’s face value. Sales above face...
Disclosing names of bank officials who report suspicions of money laundering
This Court of Appeal decision raised the important question whether a bank’s obligation to make standard disclosure requires it to reveal the names of the bank employees who report suspicions of money...
Police did not need to disclose information on sexual offender stats at schools because it was only in the public interest and not substantial public interest – Smith v Information Commissioner’s Office, Information Tribunal
Ms Smith made a request to Devon and Cornwall Constabulary to disclose the number of teaching staff in schools and colleges in Torbay, Teignbridge and South Hams who had been investigated, cautioned and...
Money laundering – do you need to disclose bank employee details?
Last year, the Court of Appeal decided that a claimant was entitled to require a bank to prove its case that it was obliged to make a number of authorised disclosures to the Serious Organised Crime Agency. ...
Twitter agrees to UK council request to disclose details of Tweeter
Twitter has agreed to disclose the details to South Tyneside Council of a user who was critical of the council on its site. The Californian-based organisation received a request from a Californian court...
CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO
A CCTV monitoring website, Internet Eyes, has been forced to change the way it operates by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The website streams CCTV images from its retailer clients to its...
Disclosing anonymised data under the Freedom of Information Act would not breach Data Protection Act despite discloser still being a data controller in respect of underlying data – All Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary Rendition v The Information Commissioner and the Ministry of Defence, Upper Tribunal
The Upper Tribunal has clarified the position as to whether the data protection principles of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) apply to a recipient of anonymised personal data disclosed under a Freedom...
High Court rules that anonymised data is not exempt from publication even where category involved small number of people – Department of Health v Information Commission, High Court
The Department of Health has lost a battle to prevent the disclosure of statistics showing the numbers of annual abortions undertaken under the category of situations where two registered medical practitioners...
Just the ticket… and the information – The Rugby Football Union v Viagogo Ltd, High Court
Viagogo is an online company on whose website people advertised and sold tickets for England rugby matches. Those people paid Viagogo a fee for the ability to do so. The RFU is the governing body for rugby...