Government Stewardship of Online Information: FOIA Requirements and Other Considerations

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Author(s): G. Scott Erickson (Ithaca College, USA)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 16
Source title: Online Consumer Protection: Theories of Human Relativism
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kuanchin Chen (Western Michigan University, USA)and Adam Fadlalla (Cleveland State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-012-7.ch016

Keywords: Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Consumer Management / E-Commerce

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This chapter focuses on the specific issue of the federal Freedom of Information Act and associated state and local freedom of information laws. While full of good intentions regarding openness in government, the statutes have increasingly been applied to circumstances when individuals or organizations seek government records for legal or business purposes. As such, confidential business information and private personal information are both vulnerable when data are in government hands. Given the maze of exemptions and agency interpretations regarding freedom of information requests, the circumstances are both highly variable and unpredictable. Better understanding of the statutes and their interpretations will help individuals and organizations make better decisions regarding data interactions with various levels of government.

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