Introduction to Information Compliance

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 was passed to promote a culture of openness and accountability amongst public authorities by providing the public with rights of access to the information they hold. For the purposes of the Act, Royal Holloway University of London is defined as a public authority.
Under the Act the College has 2 obligations.

1. To produce and maintain a publication scheme
2. To respond to requests from the public re. accessing information held
   A great deal of information is already routinely available from the College; FOI expands this to include all information held by the College. This information is provided in two ways, either through the Publication Scheme or on request from the Records management team who are responsible for RHUL's compliance with the FOI Act.
   

View the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in its entirety

View The ICO Charter for responsible Freedom of Information Requests

Data Protection

The Records Manager is the RHUL Data Protection Officer. As defined by the Data Protection Act, personal data is "information about a living person by which they can be identified and which may be of a sensitive nature". For more information or to request a Subject Access Request form please contact us.

Data Protection Act
Data Protection Information for Students

Data Protection Guide (ICO)

You may first wish to search the Publication Scheme, or check with the Records Management Team to find out if the information you require has already been published or if there are plans to publish it.

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