The complainant has requested information concerning a list of Articles in Directive 95/46/EC (the repealed Data Protection Directive) which the European Commission have alleged were not implemented properly by the UK Government via the provisions in the (repealed) Data Protection Act 1998 and identification of the sections in the 1998 Act to which each allegation relates. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport withheld the information requested, initially under Section 27(1)(a)(prejudice to relations between the United Kingdom and any other State) and following internal review, under Sections 27(1)(b)(relations between the United Kingdom and any international organisation or international court), 27(2)(confidential information obtained from a State other than the United Kingdom or from an international organisation or international court) and 42(1)(legal professional privilege). The Commissioner has concluded that the withheld information is exempt from disclosure on the basis of Section 27(1)(b) and that the balance of the public interest supports maintaining the exemption. The Commissioner does not require Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to take any steps.
FOI 27: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2020] UKICO fs50812647
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Information
Updated: 09 June 2022; Ref: scu.653481
