Oct 26, 2018 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Uncategorized
The following piece is taken from Dr Richard Danbury’s presentation at the ILPC’s Seminar From Archives to Database: Reflections on the History of Laws Governing Access to Information, held on 25th October 2018. I have been asked to revisit the idea and political...
Oct 12, 2018 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Uncategorized
Date 25 Oct 2018, 17:00 to 25 Oct 2018, 19:30 Institute Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Type Seminar Venue Woburn Suite, G22/26, Ground Floor, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU Description Expert Panel Discussion From Archive to Database: Reflections on...
Mar 12, 2018 | Access to information, Ethics
5th Winchester Conference on Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Wednesday 25 April 2018, Holiday Inn, Winchester, UK Theme: Public Law, Politics and the Constitution: A new battleground between the Law and Technology? Keynote speakers will be Michael Barton, Chief...
Feb 6, 2018 | Access to information, Fake news, Freedom of information, Government policy
In this guest post, Dan Lomas, Programme Leader, MA Intelligence and Security Studies, University of Salford, explores the British government’s new ‘anti-fake news’ unit. The decision to set up a new National Security Communications Unit to counter...
Aug 2, 2017 | Access to information, Freedom of information, Government policy, Journalism, News media
The Law Commission has invited interested parties to write submissions commenting on the proposals outlined in a consultation report on ‘official data protection’. The consultation period closed for submissions on 3 May, although some organisations have been given an...
Jul 24, 2017 | Access to information, Fairness
The development of the Internet has facilitated global communications, new online spaces for the exchange of goods and information, new currencies and online marketplaces, and unprecedented access to information. These new possibilities in ‘cyberspace’ have been...
