A significant change in the United Kingdom's information environment was brought about by the Freedom of Information Act (2000), which actually came into full force in 2005, providing new rights of access ...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the UK's independent authority responsible for upholding information rights, including the enforcement of the Freedom of Information Act. It exists to promote transparency by public bodies, handle complaints regarding how freedom of information requests have...
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) establishes a general right of access to information held by Public Authorities, subject to certain exemptions. It places a duty on each Public Authority to maintain a Publication Scheme that describes the information the Authority intends to publish and wh...
It appears that the requester (AHB) had made a Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) request to the Royal Mint on 19 June (not July, as the FTT judgment says) 2021 for information about its “Garbled Coin Policy” in relation to repatriated UK currency. On 16 July 2021 The Royal Mint...
Whilst the Freedom of Information Act (2000) creates a right to request information it also creates a number of exemptions from that right, in recognition that certain types of information may need to be protected from disclosure. This means that we may withhold some information requested. Exempt...
On 1 March, to some surprise, the Burns Commission concluded that the Freedom of Information Act was ‘generally working well’. Ben Worthy and Robert Hazell explain how the Commission came to this unexpected result and, drawing on the results three majo
Make a request for information to a UK public authority. By law, they have to respond. The Freedom of Information Act, also known asFOI gives you the right torequest recorded informationfrom public authorities. As well as documents and emails, it also covers things like spreadsheets, presentati...
The case study analysed in the last chapter showed that the digital environment established by the Internet and, in particular, by peer-to-peer networks represents a significant threat to providers of copyrighted information. This chapter will analyse an
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discuss the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations and how they interact with FOI. There will also be brief descriptions of how the various FOI laws from around the British Islands (Scotland, Ireland, Isle of Man, States of Jersey) differ from the UK one that is the focus of the...