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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Yes, China is different
Comment I never had an incoming or outgoing, fixed or mobile phone call refused, terminated or limited in any way. Before I departed for China I listened to and read the debates about the country's state of freedom of speech, communication and internet... [07 Aug 2006]
Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret
News Oaten had complained to the ICO after the DWP refused to release its ID cards feasibility report in response to a parliamentary question he had tabled. The ICO considered the complaint under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and, after... [06 Jul 2006]
Government ordered to release secret ID card report
News The decision follows a complaint by Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten in 2004 after the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) refused his request in a parliamentary question to publicly release its ID cards feasibility report. [09 Jun 2006]
Reveal MPs' travel expenses, says info commissioner
News But the Commons refused to release the information, saying that under exemption section 40(2) of the legislation - which relates to personal information - disclosure would contravene the principles of the Data Protection Act (DPA). [24 Feb 2006]
Leader: Data protection watchdog needs more bite
Leader The FoI Act is already heavily weighted in favour of the government without having the ICO sit on a backlog of appeals over refused data requests. Then we learn that the ICO has resolved less than half of the complaints made about public bodies... [13 Jan 2006]
Texas singles spammer was wrong, court rules
News In its ruling this week, the 5th Circuit refused to overturn a trial judge's opinion siding with the university. White Buffalo, an Austin, Texas, start-up that boasts of making "a ton of moolah" by promoting relationship-based websites, began its... [04 Aug 2005]
One in five FoI requests turned down
News Central government bodies refused nearly one in five Freedom of Information (FoI) Act requests received in the first three months the legislation was in force. Under the FoI Act, a public authority can only refuse to provide requested information... [27 Jun 2005]
'Big Brother' police system falls foul of privacy lobby
News A police spokesman confirmed the Scottish Criminal Records Office in Glasgow was one option, but refused to give details on any other sites. The allegedly good thing about the new Freedom of Information Act is that it covers the police. [29 Mar 2001]
Thus opens a can of worms
Comment Demon finally settled out of court with Godfrey, largely because it had in fact known about the defamatory content and still refused to take action. At the time, it said that forcing it to do so would "effect the entire ethos of freedom of speech... [23 Feb 2001]
Encryption guru takes a stand
News For example, they detained me at Dallas Airport without a lawyer, refused me a lawyer and interrogated me. Zimmermann said he intends to sue the US government and use the Freedom of Information Act, to force the full details of the investigation to... [02 Jun 1999]
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