Category: Freedom of Information

“The time has come" the walrus said, "to talk of many things. Of FOISA/DP interface and Scottish mis-givings”. Because of a recent Supreme Court judgment concerning the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (FOISA), the approach of Scottish Information Commissioner (SIC) towards the data protection/FOISA interface is set infect FOIA Tribunal Decisions for the rest of the UK (see references for full details about relevant cases). I will put my cards on the table at the risk of a boycott of

Oh dear. Lost again.  The Tribunal has decided not to allow UK citizens to know why the Data Protection Act 1998 is defective, even though we are all discussing its replacement. The Tribunal decided at the time of the request, that the exemptions claimed by the MoJ applied. However, the judgment ends with the following statements; do you think that this is an invitation to do the whole request again? If so, can you post a comment (without expletives) on this

Would you be surprised if the Irish text of the Regulation could allow a Member State, most likely Eire, to implement specific exemptions for companies like Google and Facebook from those data subject rights that involve accuracy, correction, erasure of personal data and the so-called “right to be forgotten”? In addition, would you be surprised if the definition of “main establishment” introduced by the Irish could mean that any enforcement action against such companies would be prolonged and could easily

I have had a several inquiries as to how my Tribunal appearance went (see  blog of 6th Feb for details of the subject matter of these proceedings) Well I was hoping to do a full blog, but Monday's hearing was adjourned and we might have to lock horns at a later stage. Reading the runes, the MoJ was cross examined for more than 2 hrs in closed session (more than twice as long as timetabled) after which I was told that I