Information Rights for Records Managers.

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 assist -- Reminders -- 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 economy -- Section 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 Honours.

Section 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 requests -- Writing 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 -- 5 Data protection: rights of data subjects -- Introduction -- Recording requests -- Subject access requests: what you have to provide -- Subject access requests: scoping the request for copies of personal data -- Subject access requests: providing the response -- Requests for rectification -- Requests for deletion: the right to be forgotten -- Right to restrict processing -- Objections to processing -- Requests for data portability -- Automated processing and profiling -- Conclusion -- 6 Data protection: internal enquiries -- Introduction -- Privacy notices and consent forms -- Data protection or privacy impact assessments -- Transfers to other countries and within international organizations -- Dealing with internal enquiries.

Responding to the ICO -- Conclusion -- 7 Environmental Information Regulations -- Introduction -- Environmental information -- Who is covered by the EIR? -- Processing EIR requests -- Verbal requests -- Time to respond -- Clarification, transfers and formats -- Charging fees -- Exceptions: EIR-speak for exemptions -- Regulation 12(4)/10(4): the 'administrative' or class-based exceptions -- Regulation 12(5)/10(5): the subject-based exceptions -- Personal data and the EIR -- Complaints about EIR requests -- Conclusion -- 8 Other information-related laws -- Introduction -- Access to medical records -- Access to local government records -- Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations -- Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and the ePrivacy Regulation -- Computer Misuse Act -- Public Records Act and the Code of Practice for Records Management -- INSPIRE Regulations -- Conclusion -- 9 Fitting information and records management into information rights work -- Introduction -- Information and records management: is it necessary? -- The section 46 FoIA/section 61 FoISA Code of Practice for Records Management -- Disposal/retention schedules -- Information asset registers -- Fitting in records management around other tasks -- Conclusion -- 10 Resources -- Introduction -- Legislation -- Guidance -- Legal cases -- Social media, blogs and listservs -- Notes -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Index.

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.

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