Warwick District Council

The complainant has requested information about himself and his property.  Warwick District Council (‘the Council’) released his own personal data to him under the Data Protection Act.  The Council released additional information under the EIR, having redacted some.  It says the redacted information is exempt from disclosure under regulation 12(4)(e) (internal communications), 12(5)(b) (legal proceedings) and regulation 13(1) (third person personal data). The Commissioner’s decision is as follows: The Council has correctly applied the exception at regulation 12(4)(e) to some of the withheld information but the public interest favours disclosure of this information. The Council has correctly applied the exception at regulation 12(5)(b) to some of the withheld information and the public interest favours maintaining the exception. The Council has correctly applied the exception at regulation 13(1) to some of the withheld information. The Commissioner requires the public authority to disclose to the complainant the information it has withheld under regulation 12(4)(e).The public authority must take this step within 35 calendar days of the date of this decision notice. Failure to comply may result in the Commissioner making written certification of this fact to the High Court pursuant to section 54 of the Act and may be dealt with as a contempt of court.