Your email to the Merseyside Police Freedom of Information (FOI) in box is
acknowledged.

 

If it contains an initial (new) request under FOI it will be dealt with in
accordance with section 10 of the Act which means that you are entitled to
receive a response no later than 20 working days after the first working
day* on which your request is received.

 

Other arrangements may apply if a fees notice is issued or if the time
period is extended in order that public interest considerations of our
response may take place. Section 10 also allows public authorities to
apply variations to the normal 20 working day timescale in some limited
circumstances.

 

Due to the volume of e-mail correspondence and FOI applications received,
the Force regrets that individual acknowledgement e-mails will not be sent
even if specifically requested.

 

If the correspondence cannot be dealt with as FOI, it will be forwarded
internally and you will be advised of the location. Any related
communication must be direct to the identified location and not the FOI
e-mail address.

 

*The ‘working day’ is defined as any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday under the
Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
The first reckonable day is the working day after the working day of
receipt.

Although every effort will be made to ensure a response is provided within
statutory deadlines, due to current circumstances delays may be
unavoidable. We apologise for any inconvenience and will endeavour to
process your request as quickly as is practicable.

 

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If you have received this email in error please notify the sender as soon
as possible. This footnote confirms that all reasonable steps have been
taken to ensure that this email message has been swept for the presence of
computer viruses. The views expressed in this communication may not
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including telephone calls and electronic messages to and from Merseyside
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Freedom of Information – DJ 2023-0792 MERPOL  

  (Please quote reference number in all correspondence)

 

Dear Applicant,

 

I write in connection with your request for information received by
Merseyside Police concerning:

 

(Summary of request) request for personal data.

 

Your request for information has been considered and Merseyside Police is
not obliged to supply the information that you have requested.

 

Section 17, Freedom of Information Act, 2000, requires Merseyside Police,
when refusing to provide such information (because the information is
exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:

(a) States that fact,

(b) Specifies the exemption(s) in question and

(c) States (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption
applies.

 

Reason for Decision:

 

Section 40 (5A) (5B) Freedom of information Act, 2000, the personal data
exemption.

 

Please refer to the attached response table for full information in
relation to the exemption provisions engaged in this case. Advice on
making personal data applications is also provided in the Additional
Information column.

 

 

 

Complainant Rights:

Your attention is drawn to the below attached notice which details your
right of complaint.

 

Should you have any further inquiries concerning this matter, please write
to (or e-mail) me at the below address.  Please see the next page in
respect of challenges to the response made.

 

Yours faithfully

 

D. Jackson

D. Jackson

Disclosure Analyst

Data Access Unit

PO Box 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

E-mail: [1][Merseyside Police request email]

 

 

Internal review and complaint process.

 

 

The Force accepts that you may not be content with the response to the
Freedom of Information Act application.  If you are dissatisfied with the
results of your application, you have the right to an internal review by
writing (letter or e-mail) to the

 

Information Assurance Coordinator,

Merseyside Police (CSD)

PO Box 59

LIVERPOOL

L69 1JD

If using e-mail, please include the text REQUEST FOR INTERNAL REVIEW in
the subject line followed by the FOI application reference number shown at
the top of the e-mail.

 

E-mail  [2][Merseyside Police request email]

 

The correspondence must state the reason why you are not satisfied with
the response and should normally be made within the time scale shown below
in italics.

 

Any correspondence which challenges any exemption provision used or
disputes the information in the response provided, will be treated as an
internal review, whether specifically stated as such or not.

 

Alternatively, you may seek to appeal to the Information Commissioner who
can be contacted at:

 

The Office of the Information Commissioner

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

WILMSLOW

SK9 5AF

 

The below is an extract from the Information Commissioner's website.

 

You should first complain to the authority and ask it to conduct an
internal review. For freedom of information complaints, we recommend that
you do this as soon as possible and within two months of receiving the
authority’s final response

 

For environmental information complaints you should make your complaint
within 40 working days.

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office recommends that public authorities
carry out internal reviews within 20 working days. Under Environmental
Regulations Information there is a legal requirement that internal reviews
must be carried out as soon as possible and within 40 working days.

 

Additional information is available on the ICO website at:

 

[3]https://ico.org.uk/for-the-public/offici...

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended
solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed.
If you have received this email in error please notify the sender as soon
as possible. This footnote confirms that all reasonable steps have been
taken to ensure that this email message has been swept for the presence of
computer viruses. The views expressed in this communication may not
necessarily be the views of Merseyside Police. All communications,
including telephone calls and electronic messages to and from Merseyside
Police may be subject to monitoring and recording.
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