The complainant asked the public authority for a copy of any correspondence relating to an information technology company called AnyVision. The public authority withheld all of the information held relying on the exemption at section 43(2) FOIA (prejudice to commercial interests) and some of the information held relying on the exemption at section 40(2) FOIA (personal data). The Commissioner concluded that the public was entitled to withhold some of the information held on the basis of section 43(2) and was entitled to rely on section 40(2) as the basis for withholding personal data.
FOI 43: Complaint partly upheld FOI 40: Complaint not upheld
Citations:
[2021] UKICO IC-49783
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 22 November 2022; Ref: scu.659710