The UK Freedom of Information Act

FRCP Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Sarbanes-Oxley HIPAA Corporate Governance CA's Information Practices UK Freedom of Information UK Data Protection Act '98

The Freedom of Information Act (FOI) was passed on 30th November 2000, and became fully implemented in January 2005.

The FOI gives the right to compel any Public body to make available any information they might be holding on any subject they are interested in (there are some exceptions – National Security for example).

Examples of information requests include:

Personal records
The process for awarding a particular contract and its commercial terms
Results of testing of a local water supply
An area affected by a toxic spillage
An enquiry into the suitability of a particular site as a waste dump

Public authorities are required to maintain accurate and appropriate records; just deleting the records and email to avoid compliance could render the authority in breach.

Workshare software helps organizations implement internal controls to protect data and audit information usage by:

Stopping out-bound email that contains financial or other sensitive information and alerting users to the violation
Enforcing usage policies that control content
Enabling companies to define rules for content control and protection and who can override existing policies
Providing audit reports of content changes
Supporting compliance activities without changing the way your users work

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