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Ministry of Defence (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50225113 (10 June 2010)
Summary: The complainant requested the sight of the MOD-™s internal correspondence regarding discussions that may have taken place within the department concerning the publication of a book by an employee of the MOD. The public authority refused to disclose the information relying on section 36(2)(b) (prejudice to effective conduct of public affairs) and section 40(2) (personal information) of the Act. The Commissioner has found that the requested information constitutes personal data and its disclosure would breach the first data protection principle. The Commissioner has therefore decided that the public authority was correct to refuse the request. However, the Commissioner finds that the MOD breached section 17(1)(b) of the Act by not stating precisely in its first refusal notice what exemption was being used.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 17 - Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld