Access to information Find out more about Freedom of Information, Data Protection and the Transparency Code Content in this section Freedom of Information How to make a FOI request, view previews FOIs Data Protection The new Data Protection Act 2018 came into effect from the 25th May 2018. Find out more about what this means to you, your rights and how you can access your own personal data. This page is being regularly updated. Transparency Code Under the transparency code various datasets and other information have to be published