Kings College Cambridge

The complainant made a number of requests to King’s College Cambridge (the “College”). The College refused to deal with these requests, stating that the requests were vexatious (section 14(1)). The Commissioner’s decision is that the College was correct to rely upon this exemption in refusing to deal with these requests in relation to any information that would not be the personal information of the complainant. In relation to any information that (if held) would be the personal information of the complainant, the Commissioner’s decision is that the College can rely upon section 40(5)(a) in order to refuse to confirm or deny whether this information is held. The Commissioner does not require the College to take any additional steps. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2012/0014 appeal withdrawn.