BT has now revealed that by 13 July it had blocked around 230,000 requests for access to one of these sites. It is unclear how many web users are responsible for the 230,000 requests, as a single surfer could generate a large number in a single...
Constitutional Affairs Secretary Lord Falconer has since said requests will cost nothing in the "vast majority" of cases and confirmed that any request costing under £450 to answer will be free. He added: "We have always maintained that the...
Central government bodies refused nearly one in five Freedom of Information (FoI) Act requests received in the first three months the legislation was in force. According to figures published by the Department of Constitutional Affairs, 13,400...
Government bodies received 7,700 Freedom of Information (FoI) requests between September and December last year, the lowest quarterly total since the law came into effect. Just under 4,000 requests were made to government departments and the other...
The ICO explains how to handle requests from individuals whose data the SME holds. The guidance covers a wide range of issues for SMEs including whether requests should be dealt with according to the DPA or less formally as a normal part of...
UK security and law enforcement agencies made nearly 439,000 requests to monitor people's phone calls, emails and post during a 15-month period, the spying watchdog has revealed. But nearly 4,000 errors in requests were also reported within the...