George Madgwick is found to have used data collected in a survey to help promote Reform as well as his partner’s restaurant

As UK police embrace the AI revolution, a WIRED investigation reveals the messy inside story of one region’s experiment with predictive analytics.

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…

A local authority admits it is unprepared for a zombie invasion, following a Freedom of Information request.

Good news, bad news FOI-wise this week. On the positive side, Ben Worthy has been looking at the ways in which FOI works. Broadly, it's popular - more than one in 10 people have now made an FOI request, and a survey in Scotland found 97% supported the idea of accessing information. This is probably

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Remember the big Post Office scandal? One person played a massive part in uncovering the evidence that eventually brought the extent of the collusion and malpractice to light. In this lightning talk…

Karen Errington, the chef-owner of the Rat Inn in the hamlet of Anick, near the Northumbrian town of Hexham, didn't name the allegedly parsimonious politician.

The ICO must investigate a Reform UK ‘competition’ which asks the public to hand over details of their voting preferences in order to be eligible to win their energy bills being paid for a year.

A spokesperson for WhatDoTheyKnow confirmed the move.

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Artificial intelligence agent instructed engineer to take actions that exposed user and company data internally

The FOI Network is currently an informal coalition of civil society organisations, journalists, and academics interested in Freedom of Information (FOI) in the…

Academics discover black people ‘significantly more likely’ to be identified when compared with other ethnic groups

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