Financial Conduct Authority

The complainant has requested information from the Financial Conduct Authority (the FCA) relating to how a specific human rights complaint has been handled. The FCA has refused to confirm or deny that it holds this information under section 40(5B)(a)(i) of FOIA, as it believes that to do so would disclose personal data, and that this disclosure would contravene data protection legislation. The complainant is of the view that the FCA could provide information on procedural and policy aspects of how it deals with human rights complaints without disclosing personal data. The Commissioner is satisfied the FCA obtained the correct objective reading of the request and the Commissioner requires no further action.