right to know
Public disclosure principle
Right to know is a principle that people are entitled to access information affecting them—especially regarding hazards, government actions, or institutional decisions.
Workers have a right to know about chemicals they handle.
Citizens claim a right to know how tax money is spent.
The phrase often appears in debates over transparency: The public has a right to know what officials discussed.
- freedom of informationPublic access to state records
- sunshine lawsLegislation mandating government transparency
- public recordsOfficially filed, publicly accessible documents
- classified documentsFiles with access restrictions
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
public disclosure · product labeling · fine print · transparency · accountability · informed consent · autonomy · financial audits · whistleblower protections · FOIA · moral duty · consumer protection laws · fairness · trustworthiness · data privacy · justice · open government · medical records
- digital rightsdigital freedom, digital privacy, data privacy, data protection, internet freedom
- transparencyopenness, disclosure, clarity, honesty, candor
- Transparency Termsopen data, privacy policy, GDPR, disclosure statement, information access
- information lawprivacy law, data protection, FOIA, public records, media law
- information policyFOIA, freedom of information, government transparency, public records, public access
- defendant rightsMiranda warning, presumption of innocence, fair trial, legal representation, public defender
right to knowsecrecy
Practice of hiding information
censorship · classified information · state secrets · information blackout · suppression
right to knowgovernment secrecy
Official information suppression
stonewalling · media blackout · obfuscation · plausible deniability · authoritarian control
right to knowright to privacy
Entitlement to personal seclusion
attorney-client privilege · doctor-patient confidentiality · trade secrets · right to be forgotten · non-disclosure agreement
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