Your Definitve
Guide to Data Protection
Information
Rights in Practice: the non-legal professional's guide Alan Stead
‘Information Rights does affect the whole of the authority
and, without full commitment, can eventually result in major embarrassing
or even legal consequences.’
(Stead, 2007)
Overstretched professionals in every public authority are grappling
with the chalk face implications of a raft of legislation relating
to information use. Facet Publishing has published this new book,
the first to offer a single point of reference and advice on information
rights, which can be understood by the non-legal professional.
The requirements of the relevant legislation are set out together
with examples, flow-charts, and diagrams to illustrate and clarify
how to apply the law in practice. This indispensable guide is a
one-stop shop for all you need to know about information rights
law, using relevant case studies to clarify and illuminate these
tricky issues.
Contents include:
- Data Protection Act 1998: definitions of personal data; scope
of the Act; the principles; access to personal data and data sharing
- Freedom of Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information
Regulations 2004: scope of the Acts; applications of exemptions/exceptions;
public interest tests, publication schemes; disclosure logs and
records management
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Human Rights Act 1998
- Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005
- other non-information rights-related legislation
- interaction of legislation
- requests for information.
A must-have for anyone
working with information rights in public authorities and the private
sector, this book is also a useful reference point for legal advisers,
academics and students of information rights, as well as media professionals
wanting to learn and understand how public authorities approach
requests for information and the surrounding procedures.
Alan Stead is an experienced
practitioner in information rights, having managed a team at a unitary
authority, and now runs his own training organization. He is an
external examiner in an LLM in Information Rights, chairs the National
Association for Information Management and is a member of a number
of government consultation groups.
Facet Publishing, 7 Ridgmount Street, London WC1E 7AE, UK
www.facetpublishing.co.uk
Contact: Lena Stuart, Marketing Manager
Tel: 020 7255 0597
Email: lena.stuart@facetpublishing.co.uk
Notes to Editors
All titles are available at 20% discount to Chartered Institute
of Library and Information Professionals members. Remember to quote
your Membership Number if claiming the discount.
Available from Bookpoint Ltd, Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon,
Oxon OX14 4TD | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703
| Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk
Further information - email: alanstead@yahoo.com
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists
and knowledge managers. It forms a community of around 36,000 people
engaged in library and information work, of whom around 21,000 are
CILIP members and around 15,000 are regular customers of CILIP Enterprises.
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