Information Act
The Information Act combines Freedom of Information (FOI), Privacy, the appointment of a Commissioner, and Records Management into one piece of legislation.
Aims
The main aims of the Act are:
- Provide for public access to information held by the public sector
- Protect the privacy of personal information held by public sector organisations by applying Information Privacy Principles (IPP's)
- Provide for the correction of your personal information
- Encourage responsible collection and handling of public sector information
- Promote appropriate records and archives management