Journalists are continually stymied by companies, corporations, councils, government institutions and individuals who cite the data protection act when refusing to provide information.
Many of them appear to know little about the DPA, simply employing it as a convenient way to avoid media scrutiny.
It has tended to tip the balance between the public's right to know and the protection of privacy in favour of the latter.
There is a wider context too. In May, the European Union's court of justice delivered what has been described as a game-changing judgment in a privacy test case.
In recognising a "right to be forgotten", it ruled that Google must delete "inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant" data
from its search results when a member of the public requests it. The
judgment raises serious implications for online publishers.
read full article at The Guardian
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