Northampton Borough Council

The complainant has made a request to Northampton Borough Council (“the council”) for information relating to website usage data. The council confirmed that whilst relevant information was collated and held by a third party, it was not held by the council. This was subsequently contested by the complainant. The Commissioner’s decision is that the relevant information is held by the third party on behalf of the council. The Commissioner requires the public authority to access and consider the relevant information in relation to the complainant’s request, and provide the complainant with a fresh response that complies with section 1(1), or else issue a valid refusal notice under section 17.