Articles

Here's a list of articles published by Act Now. These are in alphabetical order. Additions in the last month are in bold.

Aarhus Convention Press Release

Access to Communications Data commentary

Accessing Communications Data Company Contacts

Access to Deceased Persons Records 2007

Accessing Educational Records

Act Now FOI flowchart Scotland

ALMOs and FOI

BECTA Guidance on biometrics in schools

Child Benefit Data Fiasco

Councillors and Notification

Data Protection Act 1998 Transitional Provisions

Data Protection and The Use of Council Tax Data

Data Protection Code for Employment Records

Data Protection UPdate 2002

Draft Code On Use Of Employee Data 2001

Durant CCTV and Commissioner 2004

Electoral Commissioner view of Robertson case

Employee references Local Government Chronicle 2001

EU Directive on Public Sector Information

Fair processing notice for Primary School

Fair Processing Notice for Secondary School

Fair Processing Notice Layer 1

Fair Processing Notice Layer 2

Fair Processing Notice Layer 3

FOI Fees regulations summary

FOI stories from around the world

FOISA Conference Feb 2006 summary

FOISA Fees Regulations summary

Freedom of Info Briefing

Freedom of Information and Commercial Information

Freedom of Information and Procurement

Freedom of Information and Procurement Scotland

Freedom of Information Codes of Practice

Getting off the Web

Guidance Note on use of images

Home Office revised code of practice for RIPA 2006

How easy it is to get off the web

Information Commissioner v 192enquiries

Information Commissioner View of the Robertson case

Islington case and Notification

Job description for Freedom of Information Officer

Junk Faxes and Unwanted Marketing Calls The Solution 1999

LGCRobertson

Naomi Campbell Privacy and Data Protection

Newham Council misuses childs photo 2001

One of the early requests IDOX plus their analysis of responses

Options for Spam

Peck and CCTV

Privacy Parliament and the Judiciary

Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 commentary

Public Law Outline April 2008

Publication scheme approval questionnaire model answers

Publish and be damned an early guide to Publication schemes

RIPA alert 2004

RIPA inspections a true story

RIPA Procedural advice for infrequent users

RIPA review 2007

Sample Data Protection Clauses for use in contracts

Sample FOI clauses for use in contracts

Specimen Part I Ch II Application Form

Specimen Part I Ch II Application Form for Post or Fax

Specimen Part I Ch II Application Form for use by Email

 Specimen Part I Ch II Reporting of an error to IOCCO

Speech to FOISA conference 2006 by David Goldberg

Surveillance Monitoring and the Law 2001

Technophile or technofart

The all encompassing FOI flowchart from Suffolk Council

The Freedom of Information Act and companies 2001

The Information Commissioner v Islington Borough Council 24th May 2002

The Information Commissioner Employment Practices Code commentary

The Robertson case at High Court QBD

The Sale of the Electoral Roll New Regulations

The So Big virus from the early noughties

The truth about Spam

Three requests made before FOI came in with responses

Tinker tailor soldier file by Norman Baker MP

Useful sites for information about Copyright and Licensing

Wakefield v Robertson

Working with Outlook

 

 

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