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02 February 2012
Issue: 7499 / Categories: Legal News
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Information block

Information requests mishandled regularly

Consumers are wrongly being denied the right to access information held about them by companies and public bodies, Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has said. More than a third of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) data protection casework in the last year involved complaints about mishandled access requests, he said.

The ICO has launched an awareness-raising campaign, “Access Aware”, which seeks to encourage organisations to re-think the way they handle information requests. Banking, finance and health bodies are the worst offenders, according to ICO records.

Issue: 7499 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft strengthens Scottish real estate capabilitywith partner appointment

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Brendan Ryan as partner in Public Law Projects team

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers welcomes five new barristers

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Police powers targeting concealed identities at protests come with procedural conditions that could determine whether prosecutions succeed
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