We have been receiving a number of requests from third parties asking for personal data under the various exemptions in Part IV of the Act (in particular section 29(3)).
Leaving aside the question of whether disclosure is permitted in any particular instance, we are concerned that some requesters seem to expect us to act as unpaid members of their investigation teams. I am looking to push back a little.
Insofar as disclosure is voluntary (e.g. no court order), does anyone have any internal guidelines they would be willing to share on what requests will be considered in terms of time spent, turn around requested, form of the request (assuming that the requester can satisfy us that Act would even permit disclosure).
Many thanks,
Nick
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