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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-103772.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO ic-103772

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Queens University Belfast

The complainant requested an investigation report produced following allegations he had made under the University’s whistleblowing policy. The University provided the complainant with some information under FOIA and some information outside FOIA but refused the remainder under FOIA, citing the exemption at section 40(2) (third party personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is that the University was entitled to refuse to disclose the outstanding withheld information under FOIA. Some of the requested information is the complainant’s personal data and is therefore exempt from disclosure under section 40(1) of FOIA. The  Commissioner finds that the University ought to have cited section 40(5) and refused to confirm or deny that it held this information under FOIA. The Commissioner finds that the remaining requested information comprises third party personal data, and its disclosure into the public domain would contravene a data protection principle. The Commissioner finds that the University was entitled to rely on section 40(2) in respect of this information.

FOI 40: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: ic-103772