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The scary thing to me really is that I no longer find stuff like this astonishing.
by 0x12 15y ago
The scary thing to me really is that I no longer find stuff like this astonishing.
- tptacek 15y agoWhat are the rules about this in the Netherlands? Are they better than our current FOIA rules?
- 0x12 15y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_legislation#Europe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_information_legislat...
- tptacek 15y agoSection 10 1. Disclosure of information pursuant to this Act shall not take place insofar as: a. this might endanger the unity of the Crown; b. this might damage the security of the State; c. the data concerned relate to companies and manufacturing processes and were furnished to the government in confidence by natural or legal persons. 2. Nor shall disclosure of information take place insofar as its importance does not outweigh one of the following: a. relations between the Netherlands and other states or international organisations; b. the economic and financial interests of the State, other bodies constituted under public law or the administrative authorities referred to in section 1a, subsection 1 (c and d) and subsection 2; c. the investigation of criminal offences and the prosecution of offenders; d. inspection, control and oversight by administrative authorities; e. respect for personal privacy; f. the importance to the addressee of being the first to note the information; g. the prevention of disproportionate advantage or disadvantage to the natural or legal persons concerned or to third parties.
- ajross 15y agoSo basically just as large an opening as in US law. The specific notion of "deny the documents exist" isn't covered here, though I'd guess that would be the spirit of the law as you quote it.