London’s backlash against camera-equipped smart glasses has reached the Tube, with spoof stickers styled as official TfL safety notices appearing inside Underground carriages and warning wearers that ...

More than 200 NHS staff have been sacked and around 2,000 others sanctioned for inappropriately viewing patient records over the past five years, HSJ can reveal.

It has been claimed repeatedly that transparency undermines decision-making. The fear of disclosure means officials and politicians may not discuss policy fully, are inhibited from giving frank advic....

Many will be aware that there has been a recent “independent workplace investigation” into the conduct of John Edwards, Information Commissioner. A few days after news was announced tha…

The court imposed three-year jail terms without suspension after finding the former NACC officials had defied orders to release documents.

Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio says it's a problem is that those of us outside of the AI industry don’t know what rules they are following.

The European Commission has adopted industry-drafted language shielding data center emissions data from public view, report Nico Schmidt and Ella Joyner.

The topic of whistleblowers and whistleblower rights may seem like a niche or technical concept, but it actually greatly impacts you. If you don’t know how whistleblowers protect you every day, here are some questions to think about.

Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith investigates Official Information Act costs as requests rise 394 percent over a decade, sparking concerns over reduced transparency.

The proposed change would narrow the scope of information rights and undermine promises of greater openness across government.

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Defining what constitutes "public data" and "private data" is crucial to determining the validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act 2023 and corresponding rules 2025, the Supreme Court said on Thursday as it agreed to examine a petition challenging the law alongside a batch of similar petitions listed later this month. The petition raised concerns about state surveillance and other issues. (Sanjay Sharma) The court was dealing with a petition filed by journalist Geeta Sishu with the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) that raised concerns about state surveillance, exemptions given to state agencies to collect private data, compensation in cases of illicit or illegal access, lack of judicial oversight and the independence of the Data Protection Board that adjudicates complaints.

Our politicians and officials are using public money to keep citizens in the dark, says Heather Brooke

[reposted from my LinkedIn Account] I’ve been known to criticise First-tier Tribunal (FTT) judgments in the freedom of information jurisdiction. By contrast, this one is superb. In it, the FTT dism…

Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.

Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.

More than 7,200 offences were recorded by police in the year to March - almost twice the number for the 12 months to March 2018, with instant messaging app Snapchat used in 40% of the cases where a te...

It is time to recognize the myth of the “unprecedented” and hold tech accountable, writes Sarah Barrington.

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Response to FOI request says it would take 237 hours to find out. How can ICO have confidence lessons have been learnt? Anyone who’s ever had been responsible for compiling or overseeing a data bre…

Article 1 : Le Code du Numérique est adopté. Article 2 : La présente Loi sera publiée au Journal Officiel dès sa signature. Fait à Djibouti, le 06 Juillet 2025

Former Index editor Jo Glanville pays tribute to a journalist who introduced a western audience to a diverse range of writers and artists

There has been much interest in the report on European competitiveness issued in September 2024 by former Italian Prime Minister and European Central Bank President Mario Draghi at the request of Euro...