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Our FoI project manager attended a conference last week and some of the issues that were being debated on this list last week were brought up. * According to Phil Catling from the Information Commissioner's Office any personal information is not disclosable under FoI regardless of where it is held (on a PC, in a drawer at work etc); work held at home is however considered to be 'held' by an authority and needs to be disclosed (subject of course to any exemptions.) * The ICO will only take a hard line and prosecute if they have received a complaint and the authority continued to refuse the release of information requested. In very few cases would an individual be prosecuted. * With regard to back up tapes and whether they would have to be searched for each request, the answer was no as a complete final record should be enough to satisfy the enquirer. The exception is if someone asks for ALL information relating to a particular topic, including previous drafts. May the debate continue...... Alison Drew Freedom of Information Project Officer I.T Services 023 9268 8325 ********************************************************** This e-mail is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing, transmission or other error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print, or reply to this email. This e-mail may be monitored, read, recorded and retained by Portsmouth City Council. E-mail monitoring/blocking software may be used. **********************************************************