Victoria and Albert Museum (Decision Notice): ICO 11 May 2011

ICO The complainant requested information from the Victoria and Albert Museum (the ‘VandA’) relating to its dealings with the artist Madonna and her representatives regarding a film which Madonna is directing. He also requested any information it held regarding Madonna’s management company, Live Nation, and the VandA regarding a potential Madonna exhibition at the VandA. The VandA said that the information relating to the first request was exempt under section 40 (personal information). As regards the second request it applied section 43 (commercial interests) and section 41 (information provided in confidence). The Commissioner’s decision is that all three exemptions are applicable. The Commissioner’s decision is that the VandA breached section 17(1)(b) in that it did not claim the exemption in section 40(5)(b)(i) when responding to part 4 of the complainant’s request.
Section of Act/EIR and Finding: FOI 17 – Complaint Upheld, FOI 40 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 41 – Complaint Not upheld, FOI 43 – Complaint Not upheld

Citations:

[2011] UKICO FS50328169

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Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

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Updated: 17 May 2022; Ref: scu.530489