I think Samantha just about covers it. Plus you don't even have to give a real name to make an FOI request, so
whilst you would judge the information personal, you would also have to say - "but of course, someone may have made
the request in this name to get this person in trouble".....
Simon Howarth.
Quoting Samantha Hill <[log in to unmask]>:
> Lawrence
>
> I've just dealt with a similar-ish request where Party A made a request for
> info about a company run by Party B. Party B then wanted to know who had
> made the request for info about his company.
>
> I decided that this was personal data so asked Party A if I could disclose
> his name to Party B. Interestingly enough, Party A agreed to his name being
> disclosed to Party B so I disclosed and have heard nothing more. I was
> expecting Party A to decline, so would have claimed the s40 exemption on the
> grounds that I had tried to get consent but this had been declined and as our
> general policy is not to reveal the identities of people who make requests
> (not even internally) I would not have disclosed Party's A details.
>
> Any help?
>
> Samantha Hill
> University of Portsmouth
>
> >>> Lawrence Serewicz <[log in to unmask]> 31/07/2008 16:46 >>>
> Dear All,
>
> The following situation has scenario has been raised. A councillor has
> made a request to know who has made an FOI request about their expenses.
> The expenses are general information that is usually published but the
> applicant wanted more detail behind the published material.
>
> The Councillor who is the subject of the request wants to know who has
> made the request. My view is that requests should be anonymous or on a
> need to know basis for the people who have to supply the information.
> However, I am not sure of the access to information regimes that
> Councillors have.
>
> Any guidance on the potential Data Protection issues would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Lawrence
>
>
> Lawrence W. Serewicz
> Policy and Partnership Manager
> Corporate Development Unit
> Wear Valley District Council
> 01388-761-985
> Ext. 311
>
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