A proposal for a new risk-based licensing approach to disclosing anonymised data under the (UK) Freedom of Information Act 2000

Henry Pearce

doi:10.1080/13600834.2021.1849954

A proposal for a new risk-based licensing approach to disclosing anonymised data under the (UK) Freedom of Information Act 2000

Henry Pearce

School of Law

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Previous contributions to the literature have highlighted the disconnection between the ‘release and forget’ disclosure model of the (UK) Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the practical realities of anonymisation. This article builds on this literature, and proposes an alternative approach to disclosing anonymised data under the FOIA that operates on a context-dependant and risk-aware basis, and is designed to reconcile the law with the practical realities of anonymisation whilst striking a balance between the need to make public sector data more “open” and protecting the privacy and data protection interests of individuals whose personal data might be contained in public sector datasets.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	108-139
Number of pages	32
Journal	Information & Communications Technology Law
Volume	30
Issue number	2
Early online date	19 Nov 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13600834.2021.1849954
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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Keywords

data protection
Freedom of Information
anonymisation
data protection by design
privacy by design
data licensing
risk
metadata

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Information & Communications Technology Law on 19/11/20, available online at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13600834.2021.1849954.
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A proposal for a new risk-based licensing approach to disclosing anonymised data under the (UK) Freedom of Information Act 2000

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