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Information Rights for Records Managers

Records Managers have tended to find themselves given the responsibility for managing requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) and Data Protection Acts (DPA), without necessarily having training and/or an academic background in legal studies. This book aims to fill this knowledge gap.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maguire, Rachael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Facet Publishing, 2018.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction to information rights law; Introduction; What is information rights law?; What else is available?; Who works in information rights law?; General access to information; Access to personal information; Access to environmental information; Conclusion; 2 Freedom of information; Introduction; Handling requests: the basic method; The right to information: section 1; Identifying a request: section 8; Logging the request; Determining who has the information and forwarding the request to them
  • Requesting clarification and defining scope: section 16/15 duty to advise and assistReminders; Drafting the response and sign-off; Conclusion; 3 Freedom of information exemptions; Introduction; Refusing the request due to an exemption; Section 12, The cost limit; Section 21 (FoIA)/25 (FoISA), Information already available; Section 22 (FoIA)/27 (FoISA), Information due for publication and research; Sections 23, 24, 25, 26 (FoIA)/section 31 (FoISA), Security bodies, national security and defence; Section 27 (FoIA)/section 32 (FoISA), International relations; Section 28, Relations within the UK
  • Section 29 (FoIA)/section 33(2) (FoISA), The economySection 30 (FoIA)/section 34 (FoISA), Investigations and proceedings conducted by a [Scottish] public authority; Section 31 (FoIA)/section 35 (FoISA), Law enforcement; Section 32 (FoIA)/section 37 (FoISA), Court records, etc.; Section 33 (FoIA)/section 40 (FoISA), Audit functions; Section 34, Parliamentary privilege; Section 35 (FoIA)/section 29 (FoISA), Formulation of government/Scottish administration policy; Section 36, Prejudice to the effective conduct of public affairs
  • Section 37 (FoIA)/section 41(FoISA), Communications with Her Majesty, etc. and HonoursSection 38 (FoIA)/section 39(1) (FoISA), Health and safety; Section 39 (FoIA)/section 39(2) (FoISA), Environmental information; Section 40 (FoIA)/section 38 (FoISA), Personal information; Section 41 (FoIA)/section 36(2) (FoISA), Information provided in confidence/Confidentiality; Section 42 (FoIA)/section 36(1) (FoISA), Legal professional privilege; Section 43 (FoIA)/section 33 (FoISA), Commercial interests; Section 44 (FoIA)/section 26 (FoISA), Prohibitions on disclosure
  • Section 14, Vexatious and repeated requestsWriting the refusal notice; Dealing with complaints and follow-up requests; Publication schemes and disclosure logs; Conclusion; 4 Data protection: principles and main features; Introduction; Regulations and Directives; Data protection main features; What is personal data?; Definitions; The data protection principles; Previous principles turned articles; Conditions for processing/lawfulness of processing; Special categories of personal data; Data controllers, joint data controllers and data processors; Data controller responsibilities; Conclusion