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Bolton Council (Decision Notice) [2014] UKICO FS50499885 (14 January 2014)
Summary: The complainant submitted a request to Bolton Council (the Council) for the names of the five councillors who had received reminders for non-payment of council tax since May 2011 (two of these councillors had also received court summons for non-payment). The Council refused to disclose the names of the five councillors on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA (the personal data exemption). In the particular circumstances of this case the Commissioner is satisfied that disclosure of the names of the five councillors would be unfair and breach the first data protection principle of the Data Protection Act. The names are therefore exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 40(2) of FOIA.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 40 - Complaint Not upheld