Army cadet force banned websites for staff

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Dear Ministry of Defence,

recently an email from Dave mullock CEO of Lincoln ACF was sent out to members of Lincoln ACF

this information relating to use of websites and Facebook groups that they deemed that there Cadet force adult volunteers are not permitted to use or access or be members of
could you provide the following

1. Can you provide a list of the banned Facebook groups, including the reasons and the decisions made into why they are considered banned

2 Any relevant policies, procedures and guidelines on how these bans are enforced. Can you also provide the legal basis for the monitoring of Facebook to identify volunteers who are members of these “banned” groups, including details of how the monitoring is carried out for this purpose

Yours faithfully,

R N Stebbings

Dear Ministry of Defence,

will this be addressed today as per the requirements

Yours faithfully,

R N Stebbings

Army Sec-Group (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

Dear Mr Stebbings,

 

Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to your FOI Requests today
as they are still being considered by the department.

 

I apologise for the inconvenience that this may cause you and we will
respond to them as soon as possible.

 

Regards,

 

Army Secretariat

 

 

 

 

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

I am writing to request an internal review of Ministry of Defence's handling of my FOI request 'Army cadet force banned websites for staff'.

This is a completely unacceptable response.

I am aware that requests sometimes take longer than the legal limit of 30 working days, for reasons which are unavoidable. and i have have been prepared to allow your department some latitude .

Your reply offers no explanation for your failure to respond within the statutory limit, and no hint of apology about this. The period allowed for consideration of the request is now long past. From experience, I know that if a public authority is still considering a response after this long, it is because it does not want to respond.

I am not willing to be brushed off with such an offhand reply. The tone clearly implies that your department does not take its responsibilities seriously, and lacks a real commitment to transparency in government.

If I do not receive an adequate reply to my enquiry by next Friday, I will appeal to the Information Commissioner's Office, asking them to treat this as a refusal to respond to a Freedom of Information request.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/a...

Yours faithfully,

R N Stebbings

Army Sec-Group (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

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Dear Mr Stebbings

 

Please find attached the official response to your FOI request.

 

Regards,

 

Army Secretariat

Dear Army Sec-Group (MULTIUSER),

you have not denied the email was sent and the website/ group was banned so please answer the following that you failed to answer,

"Can you also provide the legal basis for the monitoring of Facebook to identify volunteers who are members of these “banned” groups"

Yours sincerely,

R N Stebbings

Army Sec-Group (MULTIUSER), Ministry of Defence

Dear Mr Stebbings,

There is no official legal basis for monitoring Facebook in the Army cadets.

As was mentioned in my response to your FOI request, Army Cadet guidance for internet use is provided by two documents: The ACF Marketing Directive and the Army Cadets Information Communication Technology Directive.

There is no additional information that I can provide you in answer to this question.

Regards,

Army Secretariat

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