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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...

The Information Commissioner’s website has been redesigned in collaboration with international commissioners. Enhancements to the site include better search functionalities within decisions and public authorities’ listings and the inclusion of a spec...

The Government has denied it withheld encrypted e-mails from the public about a taxpayer-funded payout of almost a quarter of a million dollars to protesters who shut down Parliament. But it did not release the messages yesterday nor did it give any...

A new video has been released highlighting how the Information Commissioner’s Office upholds the rights of those who request records under public access to information legislation. Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez said: “When Bermudians a...