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Privacy and Right to Information Twin Challenges

5 December 2017
The law on the right to information (RTI) recognizes people’s right to access information held by government bodies. We also have laws on the right to privacy, which acknowledges people’s right to control the collection, access, and use of personal information held by government and private…

Philippine Statistical Authority Making Access to Information a Meaningful Right

5 December 2017
The Philippine Statistical Authority was one of the first to implement a Freedom of Information Program in the country. The Philippine Statistical Authority's Freedom of Information (FOI) People’s Manual, submitted in November 2016, enabled the agency to process requests effectively and…

Right to Information Suggestions from India

5 December 2017
In this presentation, Sridhar Acharyulu of India’s Central Information Commission gives an insight of India’s experience in institutionalizing Freedom of Information implementation. He also provides information on changes necessary to make the implementation of Right to Information more effective.

Making the Demand Side of Freedom of Information Work

5 December 2017
In the United Kingdom, the passage of the Freedom of Information was a long and slow process. Maurice Frankel of the Campaign for Freedom of Information, UK, shares his experience in working on the United Kingdom’s campaign for FOI since it was set up in 1984. Prior to the FOI Law, a statutory…

Data Protection and Right to Information

5 December 2017
Data protection and right to privacy may sometimes come into conflict, but the degree to which these clash depends on the provisions of the laws governing them. This presentation provides actual examples of the conflict arising from different perceptions of what constitutes disclosing personal…

Right to Information in India

5 December 2017
India has made strides in providing right to information since 2005. Read more about freedom of information in the country. Anjali Bhardwaj shared India’s experience with its Right to Information Act (RTI) which has been in place for 12 years. Passed in 2005, it is demanded, owned, used, and…

International Experiences Institutionalizing Freedom of Information Implementation

5 December 2017
The number of countries adopting the Right to Information (RTI) or Freedom of Information has grown from just 14 countries in 1990 to 116 at present and it is still increasing. This upward trend started from 1997 and holds true for all regions. RTI is now recognized as a basic human right but has…

Right to Information and Right to Privacy

5 December 2017
In India, the Right to Information Act (RTI) came after strong movement from the citizens for legislation. This presentation shares the country’s 12-year experience with its RTI, which was demanded, owned, used, and protected by the people.

Freedom of Information

5 December 2017
Records management helps citizens find requested information, identify the type of information that exists, and ensure the destruction of unwelcome information. This presentation provides useful information on processing freedom of information requests.

Information Management and Proactive Disclosure

5 December 2017
To institutionalize the implementation of freedom of information effectively, it is important to list public authorities as a way of ensuring that these offices could not declare themselves as private entities to avoid their responsibilities under the right to information (RTI). This presentation…