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URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2021/ic-83994.html
Cite as: [2021] UKICO IC-83994

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University of London

The complainant requested information relating to the student record of current Taiwanese President, Tsai ing-wen. The Board of Trustees of the University of London (“the University”), withheld some information, relying on section 40(2) of the FOIA (third party personal data) to do so. It denied holding the remaining information. The Commissioner’s decision is that University has correctly relied upon section 40(2) in respect of some of the information it is withholding, but not all. She also considers that the University holds no further information within the scope of the request. In failing to inform the complainant of the information it did and did not hold at the time of the request, the University breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the University to take the following steps to ensure compliance with the legislation: disclose, to the complainant, copies of the withheld information that it described to the Commissioner as categories A and B. Except that: The University may redact the names of the senders and recipients (including cc’d recipients) of each email (including where the name appears in the email address itself); The University may redact the names of the individuals referred to in the body text (apart from President Tsai’s name); The University may also redact job titles and other contact details where it is necessary to prevent the office holder from being identified – however, it should retain sufficient information to show the institution the individual represents.

FOI 10: Complaint upheld FOI 40: Complaint partly upheld FOI 1: Complaint not upheld

Decision notice: IC-83994