Foundation for Information Policy Research

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The Foundation for Information Policy Research is a UK-based think tank that studies the interaction between information technology and government, business and civil society.{{cite web | url = http://www.fipr.org/about.html | title = About FIPR | accessdate = 2008-04-04 }} It has been described by academics as "the leading think-tank on information policy issues in Britain".{{cite web|url=http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-104.html|title=The Victorian information age: nineteenth century answers to today's information policy questions?|last=Weller|first=Toni|date=June 2010|work=History & Policy|publisher=History & Policy|accessdate=9 December 2010|location=United Kingdom|archive-date=3 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303021830/http://www.historyandpolicy.org/papers/policy-paper-104.html|url-status=dead}} Although still registered at Companies House, it hasn't published anything since 2017.{{Cite web |title=FIPR - Welcome |url=https://www.fipr.org/index.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=www.fipr.org}}{{Cite web |title=FOUNDATION FOR INFORMATION POLICY RESEARCH overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03574631 |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk |language=en}}

Established in May 1998, the organisation is a non-profit company limited by guarantee. Its policy is governed by an independent board of trustees in consultation with an advisory council.

In 2008, FIPR argued that a planned partnership between telecom group BT and targeted advertising Phorm technology was illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.{{cite news | url = https://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/17/phorm_fipr_illegal/ | title = Net think tank: Phorm is illegal | first=Chris | last=Williams | publisher = The Register | date=2008-03-17 | accessdate=2010-02-07}}