Guy Forkes
Date
04 June 2024
Post Office
100 Wood Street
request-1132442-
London EC2V 9ER
xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Your Ref:
Classification:
Public
Dear Guy Forkes,
Freedom of Information Request – FOI2024/00818
We are writing in response to your email received by Post Office Limited (“
Post
Office”) on 20 May, which has been dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (“
FOIA”).
In your email you have requested the information shown verbatim in bold below:
“
Katie Secretan was an employee within Post Office. Please advise what her key
accountabilities were in the organisation?”
We can confirm that Post Office does hold the information you have requested.
However, Post Office has determined that this information should be withheld under
sections 40(2) and 40(3) of the FOIA, as the information constitutes personal data
relating to other persons. These sections exempt personal information from
disclosure if that information relates to someone other than the applicant, and if
disclosure of that information would breach any of the data protection principles in
Article 5(1) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
We also consider that disclosure of this information is likely to breach the first data
protection principle, which provides that personal data must be processed lawfully,
fairly, and in a transparent manner. Disclosure would not constitute ‘fair’ processing
of the personal data because the staff involved would not reasonably expect their
key accountabilities to be disclosed in relation to this request for information.
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Post Office Limited is registered in England and Wales. Registered No. 2154540.
Registered Office 100 Wood Street, London WC2V 7ER
postoffice.co.uk
Post Office and the Post Office logo are registered trade marks of Post Office Limited.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of this response, you do have a right to
request an internal review. You can do this by writing to the address above within 40
working days of receipt of this response stating your reasons for your internal review
request or alternatively, by emailing
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx.
If, having requested an internal review by Post Office, you are still not satisfied with
our response you also have a right of appeal to the Information Commissioner at:
Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AF
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
www.ico.org.uk/foicomplaints
Yours sincerely,
Information Rights Team
xxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xx.xx
https://corporate.postoffice.co.uk/en/governance/access-to-information/access-to-
information/
Post Office Limited is committed to protecting your privacy, information about
how we do this can be found on our website at www.postoffice.co.uk/privacy
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