Archive for the “Information rights” category
Around and about the legal web July 2020
By Nick Holmes on August 4, 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 (…)
The web at 25 and a digital bill of rights
By Nick Holmes on March 14, 2014
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 (…)
Free access to the laws that bind us?
By Nick Holmes on August 17, 2006
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”. (…)
Information released under the FOIA
By Nick Holmes on February 11, 2005
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
By Nick Holmes on January 27, 2005
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 (…)
Freedom of Information website
By Nick Holmes on July 5, 2004
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 (…)
Data Protection/Marketing: EU guidance on digital marketing
By Nick Holmes on April 21, 2004
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 (…)
Freedom of Information: pressure on for implementation of FoI Act
By Nick Holmes on April 19, 2004
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 (…)