5 April 2017, Central government
The complainant requested information from the Cabinet Office in relation to a Subject Access Request (SAR) he had submitted under the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). The Cabinet Office refused the request under section 14(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) as it considered the request to be vexatious. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Cabinet Office is entitled to refuse the request under section 14(1) of the Act. No steps are required.
FOI 14: Not upheld