The!competent!employee!should!refuse!to!disclose!any!information!of!commercial,!financial,!economic,!
or!industrial!as!well!as!scientific!research!or!techniques,!that!reveling!it!would!lead!to!the!disclosure!of!
reverence!of!copyright!and!intellectual!property!or!with!legitimate!and!fair!competition!that!would!
result!in!unlawful!gain!or!lost!for!a!person!or!a!company.!!
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Article%25:!Internal!Affairs!of!the!Institution!
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The!competent!employee!may!refuse!to!disclose!any!information!that!relates!to!the!internal!affairs!of!
the!institution!and!its!staff,!including!internal!orders!and!preliminary!discussions!and!proposals,!as!long!
as!they!reveal!this!information!upon!completion!of!the!decision=making!and!its!release!was!officially.!
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Article%26:!Privacy!!
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The!competent!employee!is!prohibited!from!disclosing!any!information!that!includes!personal!data!or!
information!which!relates!to!the!private!life!of!individuals,!except!in!the!following!cases:!
1. If!connected!to!a!duty!or!function!or!public!office!held!by!that!individual!
2. The!person!concerned!agrees!to!the!disclosure.!
3. Disclosure!is!required!by!court!order!
4. By!judicial!decision.!!
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Chapter%5:%Commissioner%General%of%Information%
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Article%27:!The!commission!
1. It!enjoys!a!legal!personality!and!financial!and!administrative!independence!that!is!required!for!it!
to!exercise!its!functions,!and!special!budget!should!be!allocated!for!it!within!the!general!budget!
of!the!country.!
2. The!Office!headquarters!shall!be!located!in!Jerusalem!and!branches!may!be!established!in!all!
Governorates.!
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Article%28:!Duties!of!the!Commission!
The!general!commission!for!information!exercises!the!following!tasks:!!
1. Consider!appeals!filed!in!connection!with!offenses!committed!contrary!to!the!provisions!of!this!
Act!
2. Develop,!regulate!and!implement!the!programmes,!plans!and!policies!pertaining!to!the!defense!
of!the!right!of!individuals!to!access!and!obtain!information!
3. Educate!and!raise!public!awareness!about!the!importance!of!the!right!to!access!of!information.!
4. Contribute!to!the!training!of!public!institution!employees!and!officials!on!the!importance!and!
the!way!to!enable!individuals!to!have!access!to!information.!
5. Monitor!infringements!of!the!right!of!access!to!information!and!publish!reports!and!studies!
highlighting!impediments!to!the!exercise!of!this!right!and!ways!to!eliminate!them.!
6. The!preparation!of!the!annual!report!of!the!commission.!!
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Article%29:!Appeals!
The!Commission!will!consider!appeals!submitted!to!it!for!any!of!the!following!reasons:!
1. Rejection!of!a!request!for!information!
2. Subjecting!high!fee!charge!for!accessing!information!
3. Extending!the!period!set!in!Para.!1!of!Article!13!of!this!current!law.!!
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