2. Information Rights Legislation

The term Information Rights relates to two specific areas of UK and EU law. It covers legislation governing how organisations handle personal information about us. It also covers the laws and practices that give us rights to access official information, often held by public bodies. The following section contains links to the Information Rights laws and regulations that apply to organisations operating in the UK.

01. EU General Data Protection Regulation (2016)

02. UK General Data Protection Regulation (Keeling Schedule GDPR)

03. Data Protection Act (2018) (Prior to 1st Jan 2021)

04. Data Protection Act (2018) (Keeling Schedule DPA18)

05. EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (2002) (ePrivacy Directive)

06. Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (2003)

07. Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments Etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

08. The Network and Information Systems Regulations (2018)

09. UK Freedom of Information Act (2000)

10. Environmental Information Regulations (2004)

11. Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act (2002)

12. Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations (2004)

13. Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations (2015)

14. Section 45 Code of Practice Freedom of Information

15. Section 46 Code of Practice on Records Management

16. INSPIRE Regulations (2009)