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Freedom of Information request for document redaction

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Yijun chen
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Dear Sir/Madam,

This is a request for records under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). I am requesting the record about document redaction in detail. In particular, I ask for:

1. Copies of any business process, manual, procedure or policy concerning document redaction in your organization.
2. If recorded, please indicate the FTE (staff time) spent on document redaction by your organization per year. I am only interested in the most recent figure for this.
3. If recorded, please provide the expenditure on document redaction per year. Again, I am only interested in the most recent figure for this.
4. If recorded, please provide any estimates on how much document redaction is undertaken by your organization (e.g., number of documents / pages of material).
5. Please indicate any software currently used for document redaction (e.g., Adobe Acrobat Pro).
6. Do you use specialist staff who have undergone specific training to undertake document redaction? If so, please indicate the specific training and/or qualifications for these staff.

Disclosure of the requested information to me is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to the public understanding of the operations or activities of the public authorities; and is not primarily my commercial interest. I hope you will be able to provide this information.

If I can assist in any way, please let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Yijun Chen

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InformationGovernanceTeam@allerdale.gov.uk, Allerdale Borough Council

Allerdale Borough Council
Allerdale House
Workington
CA14 3YJ
 

Telephone: 01900 326333

 

Dear Mr Yujin Chen

Request IAR415

Further to your request received on 17/03/2022, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

1.      Copies of any business process, manual, procedure or policy
concerning document redaction in your organization.

The Council do not currently operate any policies, manuals or operational
procedure for document redaction in the organisation.

2.      If recorded, please indicate the FTE (staff time) spent on
document redaction by your organization per year. I am only interested in
the most recent figure for this.

The Council do not actively record time spent redacting documentation.

3.      If recorded, please provide the expenditure on document redaction
per year. Again, I am only interested in the most recent figure for this.

As above, time spent is not recorded; however, we do pay approximately £40
per year for each license for our redaction software of which we currently
operate 2.

4.      If recorded, please provide any estimates on how much document
redaction is undertaken by your organization (e.g., number of documents /
pages of material).

As above, not recorded.

5.      Please indicate any software currently used for document redaction
(e.g., Adobe Acrobat Pro).

Adobe Acrobat Pro.

6.      Do you use specialist staff who have undergone specific training
to undertake document redaction? If so, please indicate the specific
training and/or qualifications for these staff.

Staff who provide document redaction services undergo specific training
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. These
courses are practitioners certification provided through PDP Training and
BCS respectively.

 

The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your
own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for
the purpose of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial
publication, would require the permission of the copyright holder.

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. Only requests deemed to be in the public interest
will be included and any request included within this log will be
de-personalised accordingly.

 

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website.

 

If you have any queries about this email please do not hesitate to contact
me directly, quoting the reference number listed at the top of this letter
in all communications.

 

If you are unhappy with the Council’s response to your request and wish to
make a complaint please write to us or complete the on-line complaint form
that can be found on our website.

 

If after going through the Council’s Internal Review process you are still
not satisfied, you can contact the Information Commissioner direct.

 

Information Commissioner
Helpline: 0303 123 1113
Wycliffe House 01625 545 745
 
Water Lane [1][email address]
Email:
Wilmslow [2]www.ico.org.uk
Website:
Cheshire SK9 5AF

 

Kind regards,

 

James Dixon

 

James Dixon | Information Governance and Data Protection OfficerAllerdale
Borough Council, Allerdale House, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 3YJT: 01900
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