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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Open info for all?
Comment Following a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and a decision by the Information Commissioner, upheld by the... [20 Jul 2009]
EC slams UK over BT trials uproar
News In June, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), which has responsibility for enforcing UK data-protection laws, said it would not launch an investigation into the BT trials. Telecoms... [14 Apr 2009]
Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment Information is another big part of Beaton's role at the Met and she has responsibility for managing the Met's work with the Information Commissioner, the... [02 Jun 2008]
CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders
News The UK's information commissioner is calling on CEOs to take the security of customer and staff information more seriously. The information... [11 Jul 2007]
ID cards status to be made public
News The ruling, made yesterday, supports the decision of the information commissioner, Richard Thomas, to make the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) publish details... [04 May 2007]
Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret
News The ICO considered the complaint under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and, after reviewing a copy of the report,... [06 Jul 2006]
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News Following the DWP's refusal to release the controversial report the MP complained to the data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, which considered the decision under the terms... [09 Jun 2006]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News This is despite guidance from the Information Commissioner, the UK's data protection watchdog, saying that expenses incurred in the course of official business and salary details... [20 Apr 2006]
Reveal MPs' travel expenses, says info commissioner
News MPs' travel expenses must be released by the House of Commons under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, the information... [24 Feb 2006]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader Several cases this week have once again put the role of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) into the spotlight, and raised the question of whether the UK's data... [13 Jan 2006]
Half of FoI complaints unresolved
News The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has resolved less than half of the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act... [13 Jan 2006]
UFOs and meatballs - the effect of FOI on public sector
News According to a report from the Information Commissioner's Office, in the first three months of the year 36 per cent of information requests took longer... [14 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet Drink a lot of coffee, prop up your eyelids with matchsticks and prepare yourself for five years' of work and a slap on the wrist from the Information Commissioner for... [12 Sep 2005]
Leader: UK soft on spam
Leader By its own admission, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is requesting stronger powers to tackle spammers and stop them sending unsolicited email. The ICO seems proud that it has been... [11 Aug 2005]
UK stops 13 fax marketers - but no spammers
News There have been some initiatives to encourage co-operation between the various regulatory authorities - for example, the Information Commissioner has signed a Memorandum of Understanding... [11 Aug 2005]
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