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EU: IRISS Press Release – Study finds 4 in 10 organisations obstruct our access to our own data

23 June 2014

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"An international study that examines the obstacles facing citizens in accessing their personal data will be presented at a conference in Sheffield this week. It finds serial malpractice and obfuscation on the part of public and private sector organisations when citizens seek clarification of what these organisations know about them. The study forms part of the IRISS (Increasing Resilience in Surveillance Societies) project, funded by the European Union. It documents the actual experience citizens have when trying to use the law to access their data."

See the full text: IRISS Press Release – Study finds 4 in 10 organisations obstruct our access to our own data (link)

And see: Executive Summary and Data (link)

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