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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-49762.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO ic-49762
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London Borough of Waltham Forest
The complainant submitted a request to the London Borough of Waltham Forest (the Council) seeking information about a trial of facial recognition software by a company called AnyVison. More specifically the request sought the agreement with AnyVison, the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) and the evaluation report for the trial. The Council explained that it had not conducted a DPIA for the trial and although it held information falling within the remaining parts of the request, it considered this information to be exempt from disclosure on the basis of sections 41(1) (information provided in confidence) and 43(2) (commercial interests). The Commissioner’s decision is that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of section 43(2) of FOIA and that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest favours maintaining the exemption.FOI 43: Complaint not upheld
Decision notice: ic-49762