Right to Information Act

Amnesty International strongly opposes Part 6 of the Act and claims that the Act is an escalation in the federal government’s attempt to uphold their political interests and keep the details of the conditions and treatment of asylum seekers held in detention centres from the public (Amnesty International, 2015). Amnesty International explain that they would deem any person prosecuted under the Act for publicly revealing the abuses that occur in detention centres to be a ‘prisoner of conscience’…

The data protection act covers personal data, information about specific people, something identifiable as them. For instance someone’s name (e.g. Helen Jones) is not personal data as there could be hundreds of Helen Jones’. However, Helen Jones combined with her date of birth and last address is personal data and falls under the data protection act.. Write a short paragraph to explain each of the 8 points clearly. Information must be, by law, created, used and distributed according to the…

promulgation of certain restricted information. Confidentiality with regard to the trust which one person places on another may also be in the relationship of a lawyer and a client or a guardian and a ward, or between spouses. The Law Commission in 1981 proposed for the provisions in relation to the recognition of breach of confidentiality as a statutory tort where after the United Kingdom recognized the breach of confidence as an independent tort. In India, the violation of right to privacy…

back to my elders, this I believe comes from Primary Socialization (the way in which our family teach us to act, mannerisms & behaviour towards others). I also believe that you should treat people the way you would like to be treated, if you respect yourself then you can shows others respect in return. This is an essential value that should be used in the care setting as service users have a right to be treated with respect this ties in with The National Care Standard which states that everyone…

Rozdolsky Saleh The Patriot Act United States History What would everyday life look like when the government can look through everyone's private information? The Patriot Act violates Civil Liberties and is Unconstitutional by restricting the First Amendment and Fourth Amendment rights of Americans. The Patriot Act violates freedom of religion and speech. It violates our right to search and seizure without proper warrants or probable…

Ever since the incident on September 11, 2001 we had an act that was passed in haste only 45 days after the attack.We had an act that was passed by George W Bush in a time of fear and unease . Even though we 're trying to protect American liberties from enemies, it is wrong to take away individual rights. One act before the patriot act was Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968 Also called “Wiretap Statute” which restricted the government 's ability to listen to private conversation,…

unified entity. Registered nurses are central to the critical changes necessary for effective healthcare delivery in today’s ever changing society. Methods Along with the gathering of material from the text, electronic searches were completed and information was attained by means of Google Scholar (2010-2015) and the online database provided by St. Johns River State College (SJRSC) (2010-2015). More…

on the rights of the child (1989) - this includes statements with regards to equality and equal opportunity for all children and young people under the age of 18 years old. It covers the topics of protecting their rights as an individual and way of promoting their general welfare. It says that all children should be treated equally no matter what their capabilities. It also includes their rights in regards to confidentiality, information that can help them, to have their say and their rights to…

Whether it be torturing for information to save lives or punishment, the morals of have been discussed. Two schools of thought with differing views would be Human Rights advocates and the Consequentialists. A Human Rights advocate would suggest that torture is a cruel, unreliable method for retrieving information while a Consequentialist would likely believe torture to be acceptable if it benefits more people than it harms. In this paper the opinion of torture from Human Rights advocates and…

store locations nation-wide. However, considering various steps taken by Target upon realization of the breaches, it is hard to defend or picture exact wrongful doings or violation of laws by Target. Let’s keep in mind that electronic data and information breaches are hard to prevent; this is mostly due to interconnectivities of globally devices. As such, laws do not persecute companies for hackers breaking into their networks; instead, there are laws binding companies to put required secure…