On 2 February 2010 the complainant requested information about the correspondence and communications between the MHRA and another organisation. The MHRA did not respond to this request. After correspondence with the Commissioner, it explained that it believed it was not obliged to respond to this request for information by virtue of section 17(6) because it was part of a pattern of requests that were vexatious under section 14(1). The Commissioner considered the complainant’s own personal data in an assessment made under the Data Protection Act 1998 (‘the DPA’). For the remainder of the information, the Commissioner considers that the MHRA was correct in finding that the request was vexatious under section 14(1) and that it did not need to answer it. The Commissioner has also found that the MHRA could rely on section 17(6) appropriately and requires no remedial steps to be taken in this case. Information Tribunal appeal number EA/2011/0238 dismissed.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 14 – Complaint Not upheld
Citations:
[2011] UKICO FS50364598
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Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
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Updated: 29 January 2022; Ref: scu.530862
