Summary: The complainant requested details of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) activations from Essex Police (the Police) for a particular vehicle on a particular date. The Police refused to confirm or deny whether it held information falling within the scope of this request on the basis of section 40(5) of FOIA, the personal data exemption. The Commissioner is satisfied that the Police are entitled to rely on this exemption to refuse to confirm or deny whether it holds the requested information.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld