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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (Decision Notice) [2009] UKICO FS50078514 (31 March 2009) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2009/FS50078514.html Cite as: [2009] UKICO FS50078514 |
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Summary: The complainant asked the then DTI for the names of creators of documents and folders on its internal Matrix electronic record and data management system. DTI refused to release the information, initially citing section 40 of the Act but later relying on 36 and 40. The Commissioner upheld the DTI-™s decision that section 36(2)(c) was engaged in relation to all of the names of individuals who were creators of records on Matrix, and concluded that in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighed the public interest in releasing the information. He found the DTI to have breached section 17(1) (b) and (c) by failing to apply section 36 by the completion of the internal review. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2009/0035 has been dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 36 - Complaint Not upheld
