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The Information Commissioner’s Office has said the “the current checks and balances” in Freedom of Information legislation are “sufficient”. In…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has released the names of 115 journalists who paid a private detective for information. Although the…
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The names of journalists who paid for illegally-obtained private information look set to be publicly released after a legal judgment…
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The Metropolitan Police has admitted that a reporter who asked for further details of how the force secretly viewed journalists…
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Press Gazette has formally challenged the police refusal to disclose information about the seizure of journalistic phone records. A team…
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The Information Commissioner's Office has ruled that the BBC does not have to disclose how on-screen staff are recruited. The…
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The Information Commissioner has rejected a bid from Israeli mining billionaire Beny Steinmetz to use the Data Protection Act to…
ByThe new Defamation Act makes it harder for individuals to sue media organisations. But editors shouldn’t be complacent. I predict…
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