The British Computer Society, in partnership with the Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF) founded by the ISSA-UK, has launched the Personal Data Guardianship Code in an effort to change the culture of organisations towards the handling of personal data.

Press Complaints Commission: The Editors’ Code of Practice Committee, which writes and revises the voluntary code of standards overseen by the Press Complaints Commission, is undertaking its annual review of the Code. It welcomes suggestions from the public, civil society and the industry on how the Code might be revised to improve the system of self-regulation of the press, of which it is a...

UNISON has just reissued the Code of Good Branch Practice (the link is to a pdf version of the revised Code. The Code is a significant document which, under UNISON’s Rules, the NEC is empowered to issue. Of course the Code itself does not have the force of the Rules – it is more like...

So, in his paper proposing a tax code of conduct Mr. Murphy says that: It is therefore important to note what a Code of Conduct can achieve that other mechanisms cannot, especially since a Code is not law and consequently involves voluntary adoption by those who abide by it. The benefits of a Code are: 1. It is not

Part of Gordon Brown’s damage-control exercise has been to write a letter to Sir Gus O’Donnell, the Cabinet Secretary, asking him to tighten the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.  The implication is, one assumes, that it never occurred to Mr. McBride that spreading lies about the personal lives of his political opponents might not

Gordon Brown has told the BBC that he intends to introduce a legally binding code of conduct for MPs. The BBC report says: The new code of conduct would be written into the Constitutional Renewal Bill, due to be brought before Parliament later this year. It is thought likely to include minimum service commitments to constituents, with those who break it facing possible fine or even ejection from t...

Wonder what Jill Biden's secret service code name is? Or Harry Truman's for that matter? Here's a full list.

Viviane Reding, the EU's new commissioner for justice and fundamental rights, is planning ambitious reforms for her mandate including the introduction of a European Civil Code and a major revamp of EU data protection rules.

I just had this brought to my attention. As many of you know, Mark Anthony France was disgracefully sacked from his job with the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) where he held a low level clerical position, due to his public campaigning to oust the disgraced Tory MP expenses fiddler, Julie Kirkbride. The Civil Service code

Following the discussion on this blog and others following Miss Wagstaff's exclusion from Facebook at the beginning of August I have now had a reply to my question to the First Minister as to whether the UK Civil Service guidelines entitled 'principles for participation on-line' apply to employees of the Welsh Assembly Government. In a letter to me Rhodri Morgan explains: 'All ...