Information regarding Darktrace
Dear Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please provide the following details of any and all gifts and/or hospitality provided by the cybersecurity company Darktrace (also known as Darktrace Limited, Darktrace Holdings and Darktrace Plc):
-- The monetary value;
-- The description;
-- The date;
-- The unit, office or department in which the recipients of the gifts/hospitality worked;
-- Whether the gifts/hospitality were accepted, rejected, or otherwise donated;
Please provide this information for any gifts/hospitality received from June 2013 onwards inclusive in the form of an itemised list for each instance of a gift and/or hospitality.
Please also disclose whether you were using Darktrace's services in May 2017.
Please provide the most up-to-date information as of the date this request is fulfilled in electronic (soft copy) form.
If it is not possible to fulfil this request due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you can identify any other ways that my request could be refined I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
Thank you for your assistance and I look forward to your response.
Kadhim Shubber
Dear Mr Shubber
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000. Under the Act we have 20 working days to respond to
a request, therefore we will aim to provide you with our response by 27
May 2021. However, please be advised that our resources have been
diverted to support our front-line colleagues who are working tremendously
hard to provide care for our patients, and to those in need of our
services. As you can hopefully understand, this is resulting in delays
responding to information requests. We apologise for any inconvenience
this may cause, we do remain committed to responding to your request and
will respond as soon as we are able.
Should our response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you
remain unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office. The Information Commissioner’s offices
will be closed for the foreseeable future, and are therefore unable to
receive correspondence via post but can be contacted at
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/
Should you need to contact us in the meantime, please quote reference
number 2021.801.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
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Dear Mr Shubber
With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent
Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its
legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to
you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our
website: [1]https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
Thank you for the response.
Can I just clarify if you had any response re: the use or not of Darktrace's services in May 2017?
Kadhim
Dear Kadhim
We responded to your request on 19 May 2021, maybe it got sent to your junk folder? I've enclosed the email we sent you that day, which contains our response.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our website: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
Hi there,
Yep, I received your response. It states that the Trust "has never received any gifts from Darktrace".
My original request also asked for confirmation of whether or not the Trust used Darktrace's services in May 2017, which the response does not address one way or the other.
I would be grateful if you could respond to that part of the request also.
Kadhim
Dear Kadhim
I am so sorry that we missed out responding to that part of your request and thank you for chasing this up with us. Please now find attached our updated response.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
In accordance with GDPR Art. 6(1)(c) processing of your data by Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is necessary for compliance with its legal obligation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to respond to you. Please refer to the “access to information” section available on our website: https://www.kentcht.nhs.uk/about-us/acce...
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