The complainant has requested information about facial recognition from the Metropolitan Police Service (the ‘MPS’). This was initially refused on the grounds of costs and refined by the complainant on two further occasions at the MPS’s suggestion. To date she is yet to receive a substantive response. The Commissioner requires the MPS to comply with the request or issue a valid refusal notice as set out in section 17 of the FOIA. The MPS must take these steps within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.
FOI 10: Upheld
Citations:
[2015] UKICO FS50581460
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 08 September 2022; Ref: scu.555460