The Right to Information and Privacy : Balancing Rights and Managing Conflicts
The right to privacy and the right to information are both essential human rights in the modern information society. For the most part, these two rights complement each other in holding governments accountable to individuals. But there is a potenti...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2015
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/11/25236340/right-information-privacy-balancing-rights-managing-conflicts-access-information-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23022 |
| Summary: | The right to privacy and the right to
information are both essential human rights in the modern
information society. For the most part, these two rights
complement each other in holding governments accountable to
individuals. But there is a potential conflict between these
rights when there is a demand for access to personal
information held by government bodies. Where the two rights
overlap, states need to develop mechanisms for identifying
core issues to limit conflicts and for balancing the rights.
This paper examines legislative and structural means to
better define and balance the rights to privacy and information. |
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