Mission and vision give you the right to re-use information produced by public sector bodies. Our mission As part of our role, we: give advice to members of the Our mission is to uphold information public about their information rights in the public interest, promoting rights; openness by public bodies and data give guidance to organisations privacy for individuals. about their information rights obligations; Our vision maintain a public register of data controllers; To be recognised by our stakeholders as gather and deal with concerns the authoritative arbiter of information raised by members of the public; rights, delivering high-quality, relevant and and timely outcomes, responsive and take action to improve the outward-looking in our approach, and information rights practices of with committed and high-performing organisations. staff a model of good regulation and a – Our strategic outcomes great place to work and develop. To fulfil our mission and vision and to Our public task achieve our goals we have identified the following ten strategic outcomes: We work to achieve our mission and vision by overseeing compliance with 1. A high proportion of individuals with a the laws that give you rights to access basic awareness of their information official information and the personal rights, coupled with ready access to information that organisations hold information on how to exercise those about you. rights. 2. Development of people’s understanding of information rights and risks embedded as an output of the The Data Protection Act and the Privacy formal education system. and Electronic Communications Regulations place obligations on 3. Organisations routinely meeting their organisations to ensure that personal legal obligations in the way they information is handled properly. respond to people exercising their rights. The Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations 4. A high level of awareness in and INSPIRE Regulations give you a organisations of all their wider right of access to information held by obligations under information rights law public bodies unless there are good with those obligations routinely met in reasons to withhold it. The Re-use of practice. Public Sector Information Regulations
Mission and vision Our mission Our mission is to uphold information rights in the public interest, promoting openness by public bodies and data privacy for individuals. Our vision To be recognised by our stakeholders as the authoritative arbiter of information rights, delivering high-quality, relevant and timely outcomes, responsive and outward-looking in our approach, and with committed and high-performing staff – a model of good regulation and a great place to work and develop. Our public task We work to achieve our mission and vision by overseeing compliance with the laws that give you rights to access official information and the personal information that organisations hold about you. The Data Protection Act and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations place obligations on organisations to ensure that personal information is handled properly. The Freedom of Information Act, Environmental Information Regulations and INSPIRE Regulations give you a right of access to information held by public bodies unless there are good reasons to withhold it. The Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations give you the right to re-use information produced by public sector bodies. As part of our role, we: give advice to members of the public about their information rights; give guidance to organisations about their information rights obligations; maintain a public register of data controllers; gather and deal with concerns raised by members of the public; and take action to improve the information rights practices of organisations. Our strategic outcomes To fulfil our mission and vision and to achieve our goals we have identified the following ten strategic outcomes: 1. A high proportion of individuals with a basic awareness of their information rights, coupled with ready access to information on how to exercise those rights. 2. Development of people’s understanding of information rights and risks embedded as an output of the formal education system. 3. Organisations routinely meeting their legal obligations in the way they respond to people exercising their rights. 4. A high level of awareness in organisations of all their wider obligations under information rights law with those obligations routinely met in practice.
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