Information Commissioner

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• What ever happened to...

  
  Open and Shut — Authority: 130
  In case you were wondering, as the country goes into wind down to the festive season and before summer torpor takes complete hold : The NSW Information Commissioner Applications for the advertised job to lead NSW into a new era, with a new open government act closed on 28 September. Not a drum roll ...
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• Punjab IAS officers to encourage voluntary assets’ disclosure

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Chandigarh, Dec 15 (IANS) Assets of some of the ‘rich’ bureaucrats in the country could soon be in the public domain with the IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officers’ association in Punjab Tuesday saying that it will encourage officers to voluntarily disclose their property and assets.The move follows a ...
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• Information tribunal rejects appeal by University of Central Lancashire. Freedom of Information wins!

  
  DC's Improbable Science — Authority: 103
  A momentous decision was promulgated (as lawyers say) by the Information Tribunal on December 8th 2009.  It marks a step forward in Freedom of Information about how universities spend your money. It has taken 3.5 years to get to this point. Perhaps now there will be an end to the attempts of every single ...
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• RTI has been strengthened by judiciary: Habibullah (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) A day after the Supreme Court suspended a Central Information Commission order asking for information on the appointment of judges, outgoing Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah Saturday shied away from entering into a confrontation on the issue - and praised the judiciary for ...
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• Judiciary has strengthened RTI: Habibullah

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) Outgoing Chief Information Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah Saturday said that the judiciary had helped to strengthen the functioning of the Right To Information (RTI) Act.“The judiciary has strengthened the functioning of the RTI Act,” Habibullah said at a media interaction at the Indian ...
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• Give Batla House shoot-out accused FIR copy: court

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Dec 3 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Delhi Police to give those accused of involvement in the Batla House shoot-out, a copy of the first information report (FIR), as sought by them under the Right to Information Act.Justice Sanjiv Khanna said: “Police have not been able to give any ...
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• Plain English guide to data protection

  
  Yorkshire and Humber ICT Champion — Authority: 140
  A guide to data protection law accredited by the Plain Language Commission has been published by official regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office. ‘The Guide to Data Protection’ gives practical advice to those with day-to-day responsibility for data protection, taking a straightforward look at the ...
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• Nine DU college principals fined for flouting RTI

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) Principals of nine Delhi University (DU) colleges have been fined Rs.5,000 each for not complying with the Right To Information (RTI) Act rule of placing information about their college in the public domain.The Central Information Commission (CIC) acted against the principals for not following ...
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• Misues of personal data led to pensinoers death

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  The reckless misuse of personal data led to the death of a pensioner, a report by the information watchdog found.
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• Misuse of personal data led to pensioners death

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  The reckless misuse of personal data led to the death of a pensioner, a report by the information watchdog found.
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• Parents can photograph their children in the school nativity play - and not break the law

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 967
  Parents are not breaking data protection rules if they take photographs of children taking part in school nativity plays, the information watchdog said.
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• CIC expresses displeasure over RTI awards

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 26 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has expressed doubts over a recent study that evaluated functioning of information commissions and commissioners across India.A recent study by the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) had criticised the working of most of the information ...
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• CIC asks apex court to reveal which minister pressurised judge

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Supreme Court to reveal the name of the minister who tried to influence the decision of Madras High Court judge R. Reghupati earlier this year.The decision came on a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by activist Subhash Chandra ...
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• Not approached yet, but ready to be CIC: Kiran Bedi

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  By Alkesh SharmaPatiala (Punjab), Nov 23 (IANS) Former top cop and Ramon Magsaysay award winner Kiran Bedi, whose name has been proposed by civil society members for the job of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), said she is ready to accept any position where she can work for upliftment of society. “I have no ...
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• The philosophy of dodgy sales and stolen data

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Tightening the law on stolen data could ensnare journalists as well as crimes such as the T-Mobile scandal So what is "the public interest"? Philosophical tangles dont come much knottier in a world where this defence of journalisms essential freedom is always under siege. Remember last weeks T-Mobile scandal , where ...
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• T-Mobile personal data sale scandal update

  
  Andrew Reeves' Running Blog - but what am I running for..... — Authority: 464
  As it is a few days since my original post about this I thought I would check the T-Mobile website again since they havent had the decency to respond to my email asking whether my data was compromised. This update is now available on their website ; " Update T-Mobile takes the protection of customer information ...
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• Why Britain’s watchdogs have fewer teeth than goldfish

  
  PC Pro blog — Authority: 424
  If there’s one thing that makes me angry, it’s other people not getting angry enough. Britain has swathes of so-called regulators and “watchdogs” monitoring everything from advertising, to telecoms, to the protection of our private data, and they’re all about as much use as a toaster in a bath.Take the ...
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• Manmohan Singh, Advani to choose new information chief Friday

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of Opposition L.K. Advani and Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily are expected to meet Friday evening to finalise who India’s new chief information commissioner will be.Present information commissioner M.M. Ansari and Right to Information (RTI) activist ...
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• Activists demand transparent system for appointing CIC

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activists from across the country Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding that the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) be appointed through a transparent, inclusive and participatory process.“The process of appointments to the posts of ...
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• Court asks RTI activists to mobilize movement for CIC selection

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked Right to Information (RTI) activists to mobilise the movement for the selection of the chief information commissioner (CIC).The high court declined to give directions to the government to change the procedure for appointment of the CIC, stating that it was ...
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