On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Mark Goodge <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I predict that it will be refused, on DPA and/or cost grounds. The > sender/recipient lines will identify individuals. As a general rule, emails > released under FOI either are purely internal, or have identifiers of > external senders/recipients redacted. The content of several individual > emails will themselves be subject to DPA if they refer to identifiable > individuals. And redacting a lot of emails will certainly be somthing that > the cost can be applied to. > > On a more general note, I think this kind of fishing expedition is precisely > the sort of thing that brings FOI into disrepute and increases the > probability of legislative changes to further restrict its scope. very much agree with your general point on the undesirability of fishing expeditions etc. Out of curiosity though: if I'm not completely mistaken, costs can only be applied to retrieving and collating information, but not to considering exemptions and applying redactions. In that case I can't quite see how they could refuse on cost grounds. (DPA still holds though) Am I wrong on this? (Arguably it would be desirable to consider the cost of redactions in calculating the cost for the cost threshold exemption, but I thought they weren't included at present) Thoughts? Michael _______________________________________________ developers-public mailing list [email protected] https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public Unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/options/developers-public/archive%40mail-archive.com
