Northumberland County Council

The complainant has requested Northumberland County Council’s record management and personal data policies. Northumberland County Council (the “Council”) explained it was updating its data protection policy and refused to provide it citing the exemption at section 22 (information intended for future publication) as its basis for doing so. During the course of the Commissioner’s investigation, it identified relevant links on its website and provided them to the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that the Council has contravened the requirements of section 1, 10 and 17 in the handling of this request and that the requested information is exempt from disclosure under section 21(3) (information reasonably accessible by other means). No steps are required. Information Tribunal appeal EA/2014/0024 allowed.