UK Ministers' Private Communications Subject To Freedom of Information Act 38
Techmeology writes "Emails and texts sent from UK ministers' private accounts could be subject to the Freedom of Information Act, which means copies could be requested by members of the public. New guidelines to be released by the government say that the key factor is 'the nature of the information and not the format.' This development comes amid a two year dispute caused when a newspaper used the act to obtain and publish an email sent from the education minister's private email address."
Re:Old stuff in most of the USA (Score:0, Funny)
Except for the new elite, of course. The untouchable "climate scientists".
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/12/09/18/1232223/judge-preserves-privacy-of-climate-scientists-emails [slashdot.org]