FOIMan looks at the new draft guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office on handling access to information requests. As UK practitioners have struggled to get to grips with the realities of the General Data Protection …
FOIMan explains why any organisation which blames the destruction of important records on data protection rules is being either disingenuous or is ignorant of what the law requires. In recent weeks The Guardian has drawn …
FOIMan considers how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) and its administration. Happy new year! 2018 is finally here and only a matter of months remain before the …
FOIMan discovers that the government has an answer to ‘legitimate’ concerns over the GDPR and FOI. One of the concerns of the Information Commissioner and many observers in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation …
FOIMan examines a new right to access information about yourself that will become law next year, and considers what organisations will be obliged to do to comply with it. Summary We’re constantly submitting information about ourselves …
FOIMan explains how GDPR puts keeping records well at its very centre. Back in December, the Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, indicated her wish for a new duty to document law. I’ve written previously about this …
