SIC Dr X requested from the Scottish Ministers (the Ministers) certain correspondence relating to Dr X. The Ministers responded by treating this as a subject access request under the Data Protection Act 1998. Following a review, as a result of which the Ministers also relied on section 38(1)(a) of FOISA, Dr X remained dissatisfied and applied to the Commissioner for a decision.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the Ministers had dealt with Dr X’s request for information in accordance with Part 1 of FOISA, by withholding the information as the applicant’s personal data in accordance with the exemption in section 38(1)(a) of FOISA. He did not require the Ministers to take any action
Citations:
[2011] ScotIC 078 – 2011
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Updated: 07 September 2022; Ref: scu.433717