Policy Papers - Human Rights, Freedom of Information and Data Protection
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Freedom of Information Act - fees regulation The government has published draft regulations that propose to include the time taken to read, consider and consult on Freedom of Information requests. This response asks that before any changes take place there should be an assessment of the benefits that the Freedom of Information Act has brought, and warns that the proposed savings have been miscalculated, and that costs of implementing the changes have been ignored. |
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February 2007 |
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Whistleblowing and Data Protection A paper on data protection in relation to whistleblowing, presented to the European Union’s Article 29 Working Party. |
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January 2006 |
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Submission on the CNIL’s Draft Guidelines on Whistleblowing Schemes under the French Data Protection Act A submission to CNIL (the French data protection authority) on its draft guidelines on whistleblowing schemes (e.g. whistleblowing hotlines) under the French Data Protection Act. |
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7 November 2005 |
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Eversheds Lecture - Show and Tell: Is Market Competitiveness Hindered by Data Protection Activism and Whistleblowing Compensation Seekers? The uncorrected transcript of a lecture given at the Royal Society of Arts. Speakers were Guy Dehn, Director of Public Concern at Work, and Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner, while the event was chaired by Roger Steel, a partner at Eversheds. |
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8 June 2004 |
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Human Rights, Whistleblowing and the Public Interest Disclosure Act Briefing paper on the implications of the Human Rights Act on whistleblowing and PIDA. |
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2000 |
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Briefing paper on the Freedom of Information Bill Briefing paper prepared for the House of Lords on the FOI Bill in October 2000. |
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2000 |