13 April 2017, Other
The complainant has requested information from Lower Severn Internal Drainage Board (‘the Board’) concerning maintenance works carried out on a particular watercourse running alongside a public by-way in Eldersfield, Worcestershire. The Board withheld the information because it says it is the personal data of third persons. The Commissioner’s decision is that, under regulation 12(3), the requested information is the personal data of third persons and it is excepted from release by virtue of regulation 13(2)(a)(i) as disclosure would breach the first data protection principle. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any steps.
EIR 13: Not upheld