Access to Information Act

don’t generally want intimate information to be accessible to the public eye. In fact many people go to great lengths to hide everything about themselves. What exactly is the definition of privacy? Well, privacy is the expectation that confidential personal information disclosed in a private place will not be disclosed to third parties, when that disclosure would cause either embarassment or emotional distress to a person of reasonable sensitivities. This information includes facts, images (ex: photographs

IMPORTANCE OF THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER TO THE EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION LEGISLATION Introduction The freedom of information legislation Act of 1982 provides individuals and institutions with the right to access documents from the Australian Government ministers and agencies. The documents referred to include any electronically stored information, maps, drawings, photographs, written papers or any material with writings, signs or symbols on them. It also includes sounds

The Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Introduction ============ For my module computing I have to find research and produce detailed report on freedom of information and the need for security. The information commissioner’s office enforces and oversees the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000. I need to read and understand knowledge respecting private lives of individuals and encourage the openness and accountability of public authorities

system, as well as, several external factors that assert some pressure on the healthcare delivery system. In this discussion, we will focus on access to health care, as one of the characteristics, and information technology as the external force. I will then review what effect the Affordable Care Act of 2010 had on these issues. Access to Healthcare Access to healthcare in the United States is dependent on having some means to finance the services. Usually this is accomplished through the use of

basis is with regard to obtaining and or using confidential information. This is the most sensitive ethical issue that has faced the police force over the past decade. The advent of digital information communication technology has a huge potential of enhancing policing activities. However, most of the information that has the ability to enhance policing is mostly held confidentially. Following the enactment of the Intelligence Authorization act, police were given the authority to request data on when

protection act 1998 • Access to personal files act 1987 • Access to medical records act 1990 The following have to follow legislation mentioned above: • Nurseries-private/government based/child minders/nannies • Hospitals-private/government funded • Schools-private/government funded • Doctor surgeries

required to meet the standards regulated by the government to avoid mismanagement of sensitive information. These regulations are solely purposed to mandate financial institutions to protect confidentiality, availability and integrity of individuals, information systems and processes. Some of the applicable regulations and standards are elaborated below: 1. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is legislation passed by the U.S. Congress to protect shareholders and the general public

1. Massachusetts 201 CMR 17: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth This state law (“01 CMR 17.00: Standards for the Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth,” n.d.) requires that any institution that collects personal information from a resident of Massachusetts will implement and maintain an information security program. This law is applicable to TKU in Idaho if TKU has any PII of students, employees, or applicants that are

to having access to overseas chat rooms, in order to reduce

Nothing has been abused as much as the word ‘secularism’ in modern day Indian politics. Similar is the case with the word ‘hacking’ which has been excessively used and abused in the information technology lexicon. It’s quite interesting to note the etymology of the word ‘hacking’. In its original technological sense, the word ‘hacker’, coined at MIT in the 1960s, simply connoted a computer virtuoso. Note the sharp contrast between its original meaning and the general public opinion of the word ‘hacking’