The complainant requested information about a covert operation in which he considered he was the target. North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner (North Yorkshire PCC) neither confirmed nor denied holding information within the scope of the request, citing section 40(5)(a) (personal data) of the FOIA. The Commissioner’s decision is that North Yorkshire PCC was correct to neither confirm nor deny holding information within the scope of the request by virtue of section 40(5)(a) of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires no steps to be taken as a result of this decision.