Information rights
Around and about the legal web July 2020
Digital Technology and the Resurrection of Trust The House of Lords Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies has produced an important Report which focuses on a crisis “with roots that extend far deeper, and are likely to last far longer than Covid-19.” This virus, that affects us all, is the pandemic of misinformation and […]
The web at 25 and a digital bill of rights
Much has been made about the fact that the web is 25 years old this month. Certainly, it was 25 years ago that Tim Berners Lee, working at CERN, “invented” the web. But the much more significant date was April 1993 when he (and CERN) gifted the web to us. It is unthinkable that the […]
Free access to the laws that bind us?
Heather Brooke who blogs on FoI issues on Your Right to Know writes today in Technology Guardian about the Statute Law Databaseas part of its Free Our Data campaign under the headline “Access denied to the laws that govern us”. It’s true the publiccontinues to bedenied access to the SLD which has been some 10 […]
Information released under the FOIA
Schedules of information released in response to FOIA requests are beginning to appear on government websites. For example: DCA DTI MOD National Archives
Freedom of information access kicks off
With full access rights under the Freedom of Information Act now in force, there is a plethora of information about the new regime. The Department for Constitutional Affairs is responsible for the Act’s implementation and includes full information on all aspects on its FOI, including the following main sections: How to Use the Act Understanding […]
Freedom of Information website
The DCA has launched what it bills as a website to assist the public authorities preparing for the Freedom of Information Act. In fact the URL currently points to the FOI pages on the DCA site. The Act comes into operation on 1 January 2005 when the public will be able to request a wide […]
Data Protection/Marketing: EU guidance on digital marketing
The EU advisory working party on data protection and privacy issues in Europe, made up of the national Data Protection Commissioners of the member states, has published an opinion on the proper interpretation and application of that part of the recent EU Directive on privacy and electronic communications which deals with direct marketing by e-mail […]
Freedom of Information: pressure on for implementation of FoI Act
As we move closer to the moment when the Freedom of Information Act 2000 is brought fully into force on 1 January 2005, the Department for Constitutional Affairs has released an implementation roadmap for public bodies in England and Wales with guidance on exemptions, networks for FoI practitioners, recommendations on how IT systems should be […]
