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Information Rights and Information Security (IRIS)
The Information Rights and Information Security Service Information Rights
and Information
(IRIS) can help you make the right decisions about
Security (IRIS)
processing, protecting and disclosing information and data x2032
you are required to work on. The team can also provide iris@parliament.
general advice and guidance about the operation of the uk
FOIA and DPA. Privacy, confidentiality, integrity and intranet.
parliament.uk/
accessibility are the fundamental principles of the work of offices-
the IRIS service. departments/iris
Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR)

Members of the public have a right to request access Department for
Environment, Food
to information about the environment. Such requests
and Rural Affairs
are processed under the Environmental Information (DEFRA) Helpline
Regulations and not the Freedom of Information Act. 08459 33 55 77
intranet.
parliament.uk/
offices-
departments/iris/
iris-what
Information Commissioner
The Information Commissioner’s Office is the UK’s Information
Commissioner
independent authority set up to promote access to official
0303 123 1113
information and to protect personal information. Further
www.ico.gov.uk
details about relevant laws is available on the Information
Commissioner’s Office website.