SEAN WHITTAKER is a Lecturer in Law at the University of Dundee, where he specialises in public law, information law and comparative law. COLIN T. REID is Professor of Environmental Law at the University of Dundee, working on various environmental law and public law themes, especially biodiversity and devolution. He is a Patron of the UK Environmental Law Association. JONATHAN MENDEL is Senior Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Dundee. His research focusses on topics including: access to environmental information; data, information and surveillance policy and technology and anti-trafficking.