The First-tier Tribunal has ordered Cumberland Council to release documents relating to a decision to double councillors’ pay over an 11-month period, after it refused to provide information requested by the BBC.

Havering Council is to appeal an order by the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) requiring it to publish a historic self-assessment peer review submitted as part of the Local Government Association’s Race Equality, Accessibility, Diversity, and Inclusion (READI) review.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued an enforcement notice to Surrey Police after concluding that the force's failure "to meet even the basic requirements of the Freedom of Information Act is entirely unacceptable".

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC) has been given 35 days to disclose information in a lengthy dispute about noise from a piano.

Bristol City Council has appealed an enforcement notice issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) earlier this year over the local authority’s backlog of freedom of information (FOI) requests, it has emerged.

The London Borough of Havering must disclose parts of a race equality, accessibility, diversity and inclusion review conducted for it by the Local Government Association (LGA), the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) Information Rights has ruled, overturning an earlier decision by the Information Commissioner.

The National Data Guardian for Health and Social Care, Dr Nicola Byrne, has highlighted the importance of using language accurately, after seeing attempts by organisations to “falsely describe” some activities that rely on patient data, such as population health management, as “direct care”.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Electoral Commission after hackers gained access to servers that contained the personal information of approximately 40 million people.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued enforcement notices against Devon and Cornwall Police and Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust over hundreds of unanswered freedom of information (FOI) requests.

A school in Essex has been issued with a reprimand by the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), after it introduced facial recognition technology to take cashless canteen payments from students without first carrying out a data protection impact assessment.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued the London Borough of Hackney with a reprimand following a cyber-attack in 2020, after the regulator found examples of a “lack of proper security and processes” by the council to protect personal data.

The Information Commissioner’s Office has said it will make a decision in the autumn on its approach to working with public sector organisations, following the end of a two-year trial.

A man who argued health and safety legislation should "reign supreme" over the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2000 in an appeal of South Kesteven District Council's refusal of an FOI request has had his appeal dismissed by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT).

The Information Commissioner’s Office has called on public bodies to consider the benefits of proactive disclosure, after analysing the common themes in the information asked for through the WhatDoTheyKnow (WDTK) website.

The First Tier Tribunal has heard a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) appeal against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)’s refusal to disclose information about its use of AI to detect fraud and error in the benefits system.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found that Birmingham City Council “correctly withheld” information on its most valuable artworks in storage and on display, following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

Data protection consultancy, Act Now Training has won the Supplier of the Year award at the 2024 Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) annual awards.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to Birmingham Children's Trust Community Interest Company after the personal information of a child was “inappropriately disclosed” to another family.

The Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute (AISI) has awarded a £1m contract to law firm Dentons.

Strong regulation of artificial intelligence systems is essential to preventing any repetition of the Post Office’s Horizon scandal, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has said.

Bevan Brittan has hired Vicki Bowles as partner to lead the firm's Information Law and Privacy team.

A decision by the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) in 2022 to strike out proceedings concerning a freedom of information (FOI) request submitted to Northumberland County Council involved an error in a point of law and should be remitted for a rehearing, an Upper Tribunal judge has decided.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance to “improve transparency” in health and social care.

Cambridgeshire County Council must release the names of individuals in a public-facing role, including councillors and officials, who submitted consultation responses on behalf of stakeholder groups, despite a promise in the consultation document that said the local authority would not publish any personal details unless specifically indicated, the First Tier Tribunal has ruled.

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has today (12 April) launched the latest instalment in its consultation series examining how data protection law applies to the development and use of generative AI.