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 21, 2017 | Children, Ethics, News media, Social Media
Nothing like Instagram. (cliplab.pro/Shutterstock) In this guest post, Andy Przybylski (University of Oxford) and Amy C Orben (University of Oxford), consider the impact of social media use on children and associated media coverage. Their article is relevant...
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 31, 2017 | Freedom of information, Government policy, News media
In response to a Cabinet Office request in 2015, the Law Commission has been reviewing relevant statutes – the Official Secrets Act in particular – to “examine the effectiveness of the criminal law provisions that protect Government information from unauthorised...