Titlebook: Secrecy, Privacy and Accountability; Challenges for Socia Mike Sheaff Book 2019 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 Freedo

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hand experience of using the FOIA in his research to collect.Public mistrust of those in authority and failings of public organisations frame disputes over attribution of responsibility between individuals and systems. Exemplified with examples, including the Aberfan disaster, the death of Baby P, a

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Introduction, approaches to framing responsibility. Referring to UK law on data protection and freedom of information, this introduction sets the scene for later chapters, introducing parallel tensions between privacy and transparency, and between personal responsibility and system failure.

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A Right to Privacy and a Right to Know,ed a new departure, but with increasing use of data protection legislation to avoid FOIA disclosure, the House of Commons expenses scandal illustrates further conflicting claims over rights to privacy and freedom of information.

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,FOIA and ‘Studying-up’: A Case Study,of these contrasts, a final discussion considers routes to concealment of information, including an innovative use by Sheaff of requests for his own ‘personal information’ to explore how his original concerns were investigated.

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Trust, Transparency and Privacy,implications for those engaged in researching decision-making includes Sheaff’s own reflection on his position in the research described in Chap. .. Sheaff concludes by arguing a role for social research in addressing issues of secrecy, accountability and justice.

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,Secrecy and ‘Studying-up’,ss, and the complexities of multilayered organisations. A short review of opportunities and challenges in using documentary methods in social research is followed by a final section describing use of FOIA in research in the UK. Acknowledging ethical issues it raises, Sheaff argues it offers valuable opportunities for ‘studying-up’.