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ICO says people recognise the value of their Pati rights to remain informed and enable them to hold public authorities and elected officials accountable

Bermuda’s citizens should not have to pay to request publicly-held records, says the head of a global human rights organisation

The Information Commissioner has criticised the Government for failing to give a “straightforward answer” more than four years ago to a public access to information request

Gitanjali Gutierrez repeats her concerns over the Government plans to introduce a fee for Public Access to Information requests

The Information Commissioner, Gitanjali Gutierrez, has rejected the Government’s plan to charge for public access to information requests

The Information Commissioner’s Office will host an event next week aimed at sparking discussion about the 2023-24 Budget. Pati and the People’s Budget will feature Gitanjali Gutierrez, the Information Commissioner, with Jamel Hardtman in an inter...

Public interest is not enough to compel Government House to release records about Police Commissioner’s resignation, says ruling

Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez is to challenge a court ruling which found that she did not have the right to examine all records held by public authorities. The judgment, issued by Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams at the start of this...

The Department of Education has been ordered to launch a renewed search for documents about a Pati applicant and their child after they initially said they could not locate any such records. According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, in Marc...

Nomination papers for the 2020 General Election were released to a requester despite an initial refusal to disclose them, the Parliamentary Registrar said. Tenia Woolridge also confirmed that certain information was redacted from the records. Gitanj...

The “far-reaching impact” of rights to access information from public bodies will be in focus for International Right to Know Day tomorrow. Campaigners from around the world started the event on September 28, 2002 to mark the creation of the Freedom ...

The Government has been unable to complete a Public Access to Information request to release the title deeds of Tudor Farm because they cannot be found. Tudor Farm is a 10.36 acre area on the border of Southampton and Sandys zoned as agricultural ser...