FOIMan provides links to the essential websites for information rights practitioners and others.

UK Information Commissioner’s index of its guidance on FOI

UK Information Commissioner’s guidance on all ICO regulated matters (including GDPR and data protection)

Isle of Man Information Commissioner’s guidance

Scottish Information Commissioner’s guidance

States of Jersey Information Commissioner’s guidance

The National Archives guidance on copyright and re-use

The National Archives guidance on archives and data protection

The National Archives guidance on information management

Information Commissioner’s Office decision notices

Scottish Information Commissioner’s decisions

Scottish Information Commissioner’s decision round-ups (summaries of learning from recent decisions)

First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) decisions

Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals) decisions

Some important FOI court decisions are highlighted on the FOI in Court page.

Campaign for Freedom of Information – the website of the organisation that successfully campaigned for FOI in the first place and does much to protect it (consider donating if you use or benefit from FOI)

Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) – professional society for information managers

National Association of Data Protection and FOI Officers (NADPO) – professional society for data protection and FOI officers organising regular events

Facet Publishing – my book, The Freedom of Information Officer’s Handbook, is published by the publishing arm of CILIP, the library and information professionals’ association

PDP – my articles appear in PDP’s Freedom of Information Journal and I deliver public courses for this respected training provider

Understanding ModernGov – I deliver public training courses in subject access, FOI and information management for this well-known company

FOIMan Blog (obviously!) – posts about FOI, data protection and information management and updates on my services

FOI Directory – news about FOI and email distribution lists

Information Rights and Wrongs – posts about data protection and FOI from the chair of NADPO

Panopticon Blog – posts by barristers involved in FOI and data protection cases

What Do They Know – website for submitting FOI requests