Some FOI requests for personal data are not purpose blind
8 July 2010
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After imbibing some Bavarian Lager and a number of Decision Notices (including some Scottish ones), I have come to the conclusion that FOI requests of the kind “Please provide, in electronic form, the email addresses of all members of staff” can be resisted until a public authority is certain that the balance of interest lies with disclosure. This blog explains why I think this is the case, so please argue with me if you think I am wrong. I started
