Right to Information Act

1. Data protection: - do not disclose information unless told that it is permitted, it is a criminal offence to breach this law.

Data Protection Act 1998 – gives individuals the right to know what information is held about them, and those that processes personal information must comply with eight principles, which makes sure that personal information is fairly and lawfully processed; processed for limited purposes; adequate, relevant and not excessive; accurate and up to date; not kept for longer than is necessary; processed in line with your rights; secure; not transferred to other countries without adequate protection;

2 The Privacy Act 1988 (Commonwealth) is the law that explains the professional, ethical obligations related to privacy and confidentiality,

Identify relevant legal requirements and procedures covering confidentiality data protection and the disclosure of information.

Another piece of legislation that can affect the management of confidential information is the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Anyone is allowed to request information that has been recorded by any public-sector organisation, for example:

Confidentiality applies to the children act in many ways it protects children and young peoples information from being put into the wrong hands although the children act does state that the person can obtain the information being held themselves as because of data protection you have the right to access your own files.

Essentially, this is Ontario statute, established in 2004, and it offers a set of guidelines concerning assemblage, usage, and revelation of individual well-being statistics. Through PHIPA, Fred Victor has to seek consent before it embarks on collection, use, and disclosure of personal health information (Bearwood and Kerr, 2004). The legislation directs that Fred Victor as a health information custodian is required to treat all personal health information as confidential and hence, maintain its security. Finally, Fred Victor is directed to ensure accountability through the affording the right to individuals the right to complain when they identify any error in their personal health information.

When information is stored, if it about a person then it isn’t covered by the same act it then becomes data protection act. The information to the public is free to learn and access but it’s not free when requested for physical copy. If information is requested and cannot be accessed public bodies will give reasons why they cannot release the information and have a valid reason. If the information individual wishes to accessed is fully denied, then they have the right to appeal and have the outcome

In addition, the freedom to information by government authorities must not exceedingly surpass the rights and privileges that citizens enjoy (Re and Richard, pg. 1887).

Information Commissioner’s Office (2012) Introduction to The Data Protection Act 1998. [Online] Available from: http://www.ico.org.uk/~/media/documents/library/Corporate/Research_and_reports/ico_presentation_EVOC_20120528.ashx [Accessed: 11th October 2013]

* Processed in line with the rights of individuals - this includes the right to be informed of all the information held about them, to prevent processing of their personal information for marketing purposes, and to compensation if they can prove they have been damaged by a data controller's non-compliance with the Act.

The Freedom of information Act 2000 gives people the right to access recorded information for public sector organisations. The Act determines that it would be reasonable for the company to disclose policies surrounding HRM and certain types of data such as numbers of employees, diversity information, the pay of some employees (very senior staff), pay bands and details of expenses. Some personal information may be released providing it does not breach data protection laws

b) Freedom of Information Act (2000) – FOI ‘provides public access to information held by public authorities. It does this in two ways: public authorities are obliged to publish certain information about their activities; and members of the public are entitled to request information from public authorities.’ (https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-freedom-of-information/what-is-the-foi-act/)

The main principle behind freedom of information legislation is that people have a right to know about the activities of public authorities.

This is a few manifestation and taste of NSC Act to show the power of feudalism and police force. If this matter is left uncheck and control this will generally lead to police abuse and bully.