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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...
Information Commissioner’s Office consults on new guidance for what information must be disclosed by public bodies
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...
Government to create Public Data Corporation
The Government has announced that later this year it is going to create a single body to manage public data and control the licensing of it to users. The body will be called the Public Data Corporation....
Public body ordered to disclose IT contract against its wishes
The Department of Work and Pensions has been ordered by the Information Tribunal to disclose most of the details of an IT contract. Atos Origin had been the only bidder for the DWP’s contract. After...
European Commission consults on use of public information
The European Commission is consulting over rules concerning the re-use of certain public information. Its purpose is to encourage use of mapping, legal and other information. The Public Sector Information...
Information Commissioner calls for prison sentences for data breaches, as data complaints to the regulator rise
Christopher Graham, the Information Commissioner, has called for prison sentences to deter the illegal sale and purchase of people’s data. Graham, who is in charge of regulating data in the UK, said...