Freedom of Information Request - Secure Communication
Dear Fenland District Council,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I am seeking information regarding your secure communication.
Please provide me with the following information:
1. What is your current email provider (e.g. Outlook or G-suite)?
2. Do you have a solution for secure email in place (Y/N)?
3. Who is your current email security provider (e.g. Egress)?
4. When is the contract up for renewal?
5. Typically what is the chosen duration of these contracts 12, 24, or 36 Months?
6. Name and contact details of the person responsible?
7. Current annual spend for this contract?
8. Current number of licences for this contract?
9. Did you purchase via a reseller (if yes, please specify who)?
Budget & procurement
10. Are you planning on assigning specific budgets for securing email communication
in 2021?
11. Do you procure through the G-Cloud framework (if not, how do you procure &
plan to procure secure email in the future)?
Please acknowledge receipt of this request as soon as possible and, in any event, within 20 working days as required by the Act. I understand that under the Act, you are required to provide the information requested unless you have a valid reason for not doing so. If you do not have the information requested, please advise me as to what further action I should take.
If any of the information requested is exempt under the Act, please indicate which exemption applies and explain why it applies.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Yours faithfully,
Tristan Durley
Dear Tristan Durley
Thank you for your request for information which was received on
23/03/23. We are dealing with your request under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20
working days from the date we received it. If for any reason we are unable
to meet this deadline, we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for
this.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact
[1][email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.
Yours faithfully,
Freedom of Information Officer
01354 654321
[2]www.fenland.gov.uk
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Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not
necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically
stated.
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before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check
before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility
for loss or damage caused by software viruses.
Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU
General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act
2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related
legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response
to a request.
To provide you with our services we will need to record personal
information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept
securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your
information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like
more details about how we protect personal information, then please
contact our Data Protection Officer.
References
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1. mailto:[email address]
2. http://www.fenland.gov.uk/
4. http://www.fenland.gov.uk/threecs
Dear Tristan Durley
Thank you for your request for information which we received on 22/03/23.
Your request has been considered under the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Please see the response below.
Please provide me with the following information:
1. What is your current email provider (e.g. Outlook or G-suite)? Outlook
2. Do you have a solution for secure email in place (Y/N)? No
3. Who is your current email security provider (e.g. Egress)? N/A
4. When is the contract up for renewal? N/A
5. Typically what is the chosen duration of these contracts 12, 24, or 36
Months? b
6. Name and contact details of the person responsible? Stephen Beacher,
[1][email address]
7. Current annual spend for this contract? N/A
8. Current number of licences for this contract? N/A
9. Did you purchase via a reseller (if yes, please specify who)? N/A
Budget & procurement
10. Are you planning on assigning specific budgets for securing email
communication in 2021? No
11. Do you procure through the G-Cloud framework (if not, how do you
procure & plan to procure secure email in the future)? Yes
If you are unhappy with the way the authority has handled your request,
you may ask for an internal review. Please contact [2][email address]
who will arrange an internal review of your case. Under regulation 11(2),
you must contact us for a review no later than 40 working days after the
date of this email.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
WILMSLOW
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
[3]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk
If you have any queries about this email please contact
[4][email address]. Please remember to quote the reference number above
in any future communications.
Yours Sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
01354 654321
[5]www.fenland.gov.uk
[6]Medium logo 2008 cmyk
How did we do? Visit our website to [7]have your say
E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council)
are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the
sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without
making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.
It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or
acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and
the addressee or any third party.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not
necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically
stated.
Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses
before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check
before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility
for loss or damage caused by software viruses.
Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU
General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act
2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related
legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response
to a request.
To provide you with our services we will need to record personal
information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept
securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your
information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like
more details about how we protect personal information, then please
contact our Data Protection Officer.
E-mails and any attachments from Fenland District Council (the Council)
are confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the
sender immediately by replying to the e-mail, and then delete it without
making copies or using it in any other way or placing any reliance on it.
It is not intended that this e-mail shall constitute either an offer or
acceptance nor is it intended to form a contract between the Council and
the addressee or any third party.
Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the sender and do not
necessarily represent those of the Council unless otherwise specifically
stated.
Although any attachments to the message will have been checked for viruses
before transmission, you are urged to carry out your own virus check
before opening attachments, since the Council accepts no responsibility
for loss or damage caused by software viruses.
Senders and recipients of e-mail should be aware that, under the EU
General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Freedom of Information Act
2000, the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 and other related
legislation, the contents of e-mails may have to be disclosed in response
to a request.
To provide you with our services we will need to record personal
information, such as your e-mail address. This information will be kept
securely and only accessed by approved staff. We will not share your
information with anyone else without first telling you. If you would like
more details about how we protect personal information, then please
contact our Data Protection Officer.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[email address]
2. mailto:[email address]
3. http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk/
4. mailto:[email address]
5. http://www.fenland.gov.uk/
7. http://www.fenland.gov.uk/threecs
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