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What will compliance with FOIA entail?

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 30 2011

Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced that the government will be consulting later this year on extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to include housing associations

Communities and Local Government consultation on a code of recommended practice for local authorities on data transparency

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2011

The Communities and Local Government consultation on a code of recommended practice for local authorities on transparency was launched in February 2011

Protection of Freedoms Bill

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2011

The Protection of Freedoms Bill (published in February 2011) will have its second reading in March 2011 in the House of Commons

Launch of police crime data website

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2011

On 1 February 2011, the new website was launched, which enables users to type in a postcode and get crime information for their street

Launch of a Public Data Corporation

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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February 28 2011

The establishment of a Public Data Corporation was announced in January

Information commissioner issues first Data Protection Act fines

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 24 2010

Data protection hit the headlines again this morning with news that two bodies have been issued with substantial fines by the Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, after breaching the c(DPA

Veolia wins partial victory in bid to withhold commercially sensitive information requested under the Audit Commission Act

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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November 19 2010

Veolia has part succeeded in the Court of Appeal in withholding certain commercially sensitive information contained in its PFI waste contract with Nottinghamshire County Council

Personal data security breach management in the public sector

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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June 15 2009

The Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) applies to data controllers in the UK

ICO guidance on monitoring and enforcing compliance with model publication scheme

Wragge & Co LLP
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United Kingdom
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April 7 2009

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued a notice setting out how it will, from 1 April 2009, monitor and enforce the adoption by public authorities of the new model publication scheme to comply with their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA