We seem to be getting conflicting views from the OIC on this.
Gill Smith says that their advice is that "if someone asked to see what information the Council held about them but did not give sufficient information to assist you in locating the
information, such as connections or relationship with the council, you would
still be expected to process their request. You would be expected to search
the most obvious information systems (paper, IT, etc) where information
about them may be held, (such as the Council Tax database) and provide
information to them."
I was at a meeting some time ago where Peter Bloomfield from the OIC said quite clearly that we do not need to respond to requests in the form "all the data that you hold" with no indication of where it might be.
Section 7(3) seems to me to be pretty unambiguous.
Leif Wiks
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We seem to be getting conflicting views from the OIC on
this.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Gill Smith says that their advice is that "if
someone asked to see what information the Council held about them but did not
give sufficient information to assist you in locating the<BR>information, such
as connections or relationship with the council, you would<BR>still be expected
to process their request. You would be expected to search<BR>the most
obvious information systems (paper, IT, etc) where information<BR>about them may
be held, (such as the Council Tax database) and provide<BR>information to
them."</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I was at a meeting some time ago where Peter Bloomfield from
the OIC said quite clearly that we do not need to respond to requests in the
form "all the data that you hold" with no indication of where it might
be.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Section 7(3) seems to me to be pretty
unambiguous.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Leif Wiks</FONT></DIV>
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