Kerr v Dumfries and Galloway NHS Board: SIC 18 Feb 2014

Staff attendance sheets, training and annual leave dates – On 7 February 2013, 30 March 2013 and 6 September 2013, Mr Kerr asked Dumfries and Galloway Health Board (NHS Dumfries and Galloway) for various items of information relating to the authority’s staff. NHS Dumfries and Galloway withheld information on the basis that the information was personal data and exempt because disclosure would breach the first data protection principle.
Following an investigation, the Commissioner accepted NHS Dumfries and Galloway’s position and found that the authority was entitled to withhold the information.

Citations:

[2014] ScotIC 032 – 2014

Links:

Bailii

Statutes:

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Jurisdiction:

Scotland

Information

Updated: 24 October 2022; Ref: scu.522717