Origin of GPS data for apparent Leave.EU expose

The request was refused by Channel Four Television Corporation.

Dear Channel Four Television Corporation,

On the following video, you confront a man claiming to have evidence of his GPS boat logs from an apparent propaganda video he recorded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YUtWMl...

Where were you able to source 3 year old GPS logs for a small vessel which supposedly did not even cross the channel? Where were these logs stored, how did you request them, which company willingly relinquished this data?

Yours faithfully,

Ersum Nanjiani

# FOI Admin, Channel Four Television Corporation

Our Ref: FOI/2019/33

 

Dear Ersum Nanjiani,

 

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, which we received on 17^th April 2019. Your request
was set out as follows:

 

“On the following video, you confront a man claiming to have evidence of
his GPS boat logs from an apparent propaganda video he recorded:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YUtWMl...

 

Where were you able to source 3 year old GPS logs for a small vessel which
supposedly did not even cross the channel? Where were these logs stored,
how did you request them, which company willingly relinquished this data?”

 

We are dealing with your request under the terms of the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and we will reply to you within 20 working days of
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Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Admin Team

 

Channel 4

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# FOI Admin, Channel Four Television Corporation

Our Ref: FOI/2019/33

 

Dear Ersum Nanjiani,

 

Thank you for your request for information made under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000, which we received on 17^th April 2019. Your request
was set out as follows:

 

“On the following video, you confront a man claiming to have evidence of
his GPS boat logs from an apparent propaganda video he recorded:
[1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YUtWMl...

 

Where were you able to source 3 year old GPS logs for a small vessel which
supposedly did not even cross the channel? Where were these logs stored,
how did you request them, which company willingly relinquished this data?”

 

Please note that Channel 4 is a television publisher/broadcaster. This
means that we do not make our own programmes, but commission these from
over 300 independent production companies each year. Channel 4 News is
made by an independent production company called ITN, and it is ITN that
would have carried out the research for this story. Accordingly, the
information you have requested is not held by Channel 4. For more
information about ITN, please see their website:
[2]https://www.itn.co.uk/brands/channel-4-n...

  

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Channel 4’s creative output to be covered by the journalistic
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are not required to disclose such information to the general public. We
have therefore handled your request outside the scope of the Act. 

 

Channel 4 does not offer internal reviews for requests handled outside the
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Many thanks for your interest in Channel 4.

Yours sincerely,

 

FOI Admin Team

Channel 4

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[4]www.channel4.com

 

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3. mailto:[Channel 4 request email]
4. http://www.channel4.com/