Policy in compliance with Schedule 1, Part 4 of DPA 2018

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If you have made a request for information held by the ICO we will contact
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answer your request. If we don't need any further information we will
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more information please visit [1]http://ico.org.uk/about_us/how_we_comply

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31 July 2018

Case Reference Number IRQ0767501

Dear L McKee

Acknowledgement of request – FOIA

Thank you for your recent request for information. We received your
request on 19 July.

We will be considering your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. You can expect us to respond in full by 17 August. This is 20
working days from the date we received your request. If, for any reason,
we can’t respond by this date, we will let you know and tell you when you
can expect a response.

If you have any questions please contact me using the IRQ case reference
number above or by replying to this email and leaving the subject field
unchanged.

Thank you for your interest in the work of the Information Commissioner's
Office.

Yours sincerely

Sarah Whelan
Senior Information Access Officer
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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17 August 2018

Case Reference Number IRQ0767501

Dear L McKee

Thank you for your recent request for information. We received your
request on 19 July.

We have considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request

In your email you asked:

‘Grateful for a copy of your Policy designed to show compliance with
Schedule 1, Part 4 of DPA 2018.’

Our response

In answer to your request I can confirm that the ICO holds a policy
document in respect of compliance with Schedule 1, Part 4, Data Protection
Act 2018. However, the information is being withheld under Section 22 of
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) as it is information which is
intended for future publication.

FOIA Section 22

As the information you have requested is held with the view to its
publication on our website at a future date, this information is exempt
under Section 22(1) of the FOIA.

Section 22(1) states that information is exempt from disclosure if:

“(a) the information is held by the public authority with a view to its
publication, by the authority or any other person, at some future date
(whether determined or not)

(b) the information was already held with a view to such publication at
the time when the request or the information was made, and

(c) it is reasonable in all the circumstances that the information should
be withheld from disclosure until the date referred to in paragraph (a).”

The exemption at Section 22 is qualified by the public interest test,
meaning that the information should be disclosed if the public interest in
the maintenance of the exemption does not outweigh the public interest in
disclosure.

In this case the public interest factors in disclosing the information
are;

* There is public interest in transparency being demonstrated by the
disclosure of the information.
* There is a legitimate public interest in the compliance of the
ICO with the legislation we regulate.

The factors in withholding the information are;

* Transparency is achieved through the pro-active publication of this
information on the ICO website.
* The impact on ICO resources if we were to respond individually to
requests for information that is due to be published.
* There is no pressing public interest in disclosing the information
early.

Having considered the public interest arguments, we have decided to
withhold the policy as the public interest in withholding this information
at present outweighs the public interest in providing it.

Next steps

I hope this response is clear. If you would like me to clarify anything
about the way your request has been handled please contact me.

You can ask us to review the way we have handled your request. Please see
our review procedure [1]here.

Following our internal review, if you remain dissatisfied with the way we
have handled your request, there is a statutory complaints process and you
can report your concern to the regulator. I have included information
about how to do this separately.

Yours sincerely,

Sarah Whelan
Senior Information Access Officer
Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,
Cheshire SK9 5AF
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