Information Commissioner in UK Law
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Powers of observation: surveillance in the workplace is a difficult subject that employers cannot afford to get wrong. Ben Willmott explains the best way to keep on the right side of the Information Commissioner.
...Striking the right balance between respecting people's rights to privacy at work and ensuring that they don't misuse business property and systems is a challenge for employers. They have more tools at their disposal than ever before to monitor almost......
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Constitutional Conventions and the Prince of Wales
The Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) held in Evans v Information Commissioner that certain correspondence between Prince Charles and government officials must be disclosed under free...... ... Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber) held in Evans v Information Commissioner that certain correspondence between Prince Charles and ... ...
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Blacklists and Black Sheep
Policing the activities that are borderline between being criminal and non-criminal are complex. Other enforcement agencies, such as the Information Commissioner's Office and the Office of Fair Tra...... ... Other enforcementagencies, such as the Information Commissioner’s Office andthe Office of Fair Trading, often become ... ...
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Protecting Consumer Privacy and Data Security: Regulatory Challenges and Potential Future Directions
This article considers the regulatory problems of online tracking behaviour, lack of consent to data collection, and the security of data collected with or without consent. Since the mid-1990s the ...... ... ’) , and the powers of th e Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), to protect consumer privacy and data security ... ...
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Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend LTD1
Aboriginals - Land Rights - Administrative Law - Inquiry by Aboriginal Land Commissioner - Party not disclosing information to inquiry - Ex parte representations to Minister by party detrimentally ...
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The Commonwealth Ombudsman's Power to Compel Testimonial Activity for the Purpose of an Investigation
For the purpose of reaching a decision about potentially defective administrative action into which he is conducting an investigation, the Ombudsman may wish to compel people to engage in various s...... ... in various sorts of testimonial activity-the furnishing of information in writing, the production of documents, the answering of questions ... other Commonwealth agencies, for example, the Taxation Commissioner and the Trade Practices Commission. Not discussed in the article ... ...
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CeBIT brings forward tomorrow:. CeBIT'95, Hannover, Germany, 8–15 March 1995
Convergence is a buzzword increasingly used to describe the development trends seen in the various sectors that make up the information technology industry. Participants in this industry are seen a...... ... trends seen in the various sectors that make up the information technology industry. Partici-pants in this industry are seen as new age ... Union's Industrial Affairs, IT and Telecommu-nications Commissioner, believes that 'the new information society is reshaping most of the basic ... ...
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The application of information technology and environmental protection
The Aarhus Convention became a part of the Serbian legal system through the adoption of the Law on Ratification of the Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision Making a...... ... In this sense, the article analyses the legal framework of e-access to environmental information and the relevant practice of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. Third, the application of IT in environmental matters can promote public ... ...
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Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft Model Bill on the Protection of Personal Information and the Recommendation From Senior Officials to Law Ministers
Law Enforcement. National Security. Annex. Draft model legislative provisions protection of personal information act [......]. Arrangement of Sections. Part I. Preliminary. Section. Part II. Proces...... ... 8. It should be noted that the UK Information Commissioner receives a considerable number of complaints and queries about access to, and the contents of, law enforcement agencies' records. They often detect ... ...
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CBI denounces 'confusing' data code.
... ... The document, published by the Information Commissioner, sets out how employers should comply with the Data ... ...
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