SIC Interference With Staff Mail – On 30 March 2015, Mr G asked the Scottish Prison Service (the SPS) for information relating to (a) an audit of prisoner mail protocols and (b) reported incidents of interference with staff mail. The SPS provided Mr G with a copy of the audit. In relation to interference with staff mail, the SPS stated disclosure of the information would breach the first data protection principle and the information was therefore exempt under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner found that the information previously withheld by the SPS did not fall within the scope of Mr G’s request. She accepted that the SPS did not hold any further information.
References: [2015] ScotIC 179 – 2015
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Jurisdiction: Scotland
Last Update: 15 October 2020; Ref: scu.556101