I think we are in danger of losing the plot here!
When we receive an FOI request we decide if the information is available to
the public or not. We do not decide if the information is available to
this specific individual, whoever they are. So, identity is irrelevant.
It is quite clear from the Act and Guidance that the name and address are
for the purpose of communicating the information and for no other stated
purpose. FOIA Section 8(b).
In England individuals do not as yet have an official identity. We can and
do call outselves what we want and for now this is perfectly legal. So if
I choose to call myself Horatio Nelson today, that is my name today. We
may not like this but until we have an official identity (and card no
doubt) we are who we say we are.
So we can make and request using any name we choose and the Scottish
Information Commissioner is wrong if he says anything else, under English
law anyway.
Ken
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