Jun 26, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Journalism, News media, Open Justice
Lorna Woods, Lawrence McNamara and Judith Townend – affiliated members of the Information Law and Policy Centre – comment on the Law Commission’s proposals to reform ‘Protection of Official Data’. This blog post accompanies their...
Jun 26, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Journalism
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...
Jun 21, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, 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...
Jun 20, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Government policy, Journalism, News media, Privacy
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...
May 31, 2017 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Internet regulation, Journalism, News media, Privacy
With the General Election fast-approaching, we have collected together a few blog posts from around the web that consider what the party manifestos say about information law and policy. The ICLR, General Election 2017: what the party manifestos say about law and...
May 3, 2017 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Journalism, News media, Privacy, Surveillance
In this guest post for World Press Freedom Day, Julie Posetti at the University of Wollongong, analyses how mass surveillance and data retention regimes are threatening journalists’ sources. Her new UNESCO report explores similar themes to the Information Law...