Council of Newcastle University

The complainant made a request under FOIA about the data retention policy for a ticketing system used by the University and also requested a copy of the policy relating to retention of data for the system. The University failed to provide this information and has not done so at date of this notice. The Commissioner’s decision is that the University failed to respond to the request within 20 working days and has therefore breached section 10 of the FOIA. The Commissioner requires the University to provide a substantive response under FOIA within 35 days of this notice.