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Councils need counselling for better data protection

28 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

There have been 1,035 cases of personal data loss by 132 councils in the past three years. These are the findings of Big Brother Watch, after it had submitted a freedom of information request to ascertain...

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Additional bodies are now public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act

15 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Freedom of Information (Designation as Public Authorities) Order 2011 has been issued. Under the Order, the Association of Chief Police Officers of England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the Financial...

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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

7 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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Information Commissioner’s Office consults on new guidance for what information must be disclosed by public bodies

5 October 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s privacy and information regulator – is consulting on amendments to its guidance as to what information public bodies must disclose and when. Under...

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Nearly 1,000 police officers disciplined for unlawful use of personal data in last three years

1 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Staggering figures have emerged that show that hundreds of police officers have been snooping on people’s personal information without permission. Nearly 1,000 police officers have been disciplined for...

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Cookie law gives ICO food for thought

3 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) came into force on 26 May 2011, and there has been confusion in many quarters as to how exactly to...

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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

3 June 2011 | Simon Weinberg

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...

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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

5 May 2011 | Paul Gershlick

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...

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Confidence in our sport – Zacharides v Information Commissioner, First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights)

15 April 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The First-tier Tribunal has ruled that information relating to the progress of athletics in the UK coming up to the London 2012 Olympics was confidential information and exempt from disclosure under the...

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Information Tribunal takes limited view of data protection exemption based on restrictive interpretation of ‘personal data’

18 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, people anywhere in the world have the right to see information held by more than 100,000 UK public bodies about the way in which decisions are made and public...

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Latest news and views tagged FOIA

Councils need counselling for better data protection

Additional bodies are now public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act

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

Information Commissioner’s Office consults on new guidance for what information must be disclosed by public bodies

Nearly 1,000 police officers disciplined for unlawful use of personal data in last three years

Cookie law gives ICO food for thought

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

Confidence in our sport – Zacharides v Information Commissioner, First-tier Tribunal (Information Rights)

Information Tribunal takes limited view of data protection exemption based on restrictive interpretation of ‘personal data’

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