Requesting gender identification of repeated complainant

The request was refused by Fife Council.

Dear Fife Council,

case no. 101005864077

Face to face abandonment report at methil office on 09/01/19 14.42pm to Laura McArthur and forwarded to Hsg levenmouth.

Can you identify the gender of the person reporting abandonment on this day for potential legal purposes.

Yours faithfully,

Brian D. Robin

Fife Council

Dear Brian D Robin,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

Thank you for your information request received on 26/06/2019, Abandonment Report, our ref: 27663. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

We are presently assessing your request and may be in touch soon to ask for further clarification or to offer advice and assistance if we are not able to fulfil your request in its present form.

The legislation allows us up to 20 working days from the date that we receive a valid request, including any clarification we require, to make a final response. We will be in touch within 20 working days of receipt of your initial request to provide our response or to seek clarification where necessary. We hope to provide you with the information you are looking for at an earlier date where possible.

Yours sincerely,

K. Henderson

Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Dear Brian D Robin,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 – REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

 

I refer to your email dated and received 26/06/2019, our ref 27663. 

 

Request

 

case no. 10100*******

Face to face abandonment report at methil office on 09/01/19 ********* and
forwarded to Hsg levenmouth.

Can you identify the gender of the person reporting abandonment on this
day for potential legal purposes.

 

Response

Fife Council cannot provide you with this information and an exemption is
being applied under Section 38(1)(b) – Personal Information (Third party
data). Gender details are considered to be third party sensitive personal
data and although you have not requested the name of the individual we
have identified that there is still a risk of an individual being
identified by release of this data into the public domain.

 

I would like to draw your attention to the copyright situation in relation
to the material.

 

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you
have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head
of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House,
North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address].
The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 working days from
when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive
this correspondence whichever is the later date. Where the outcome of the
review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have
the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a
decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

 

Fife Council will consider and seek to resolve any request to the Head of
Legal & Democratic Services that falls outside these time scales.

 

Yours sincerely

 

K. Henderson

 

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Dear Kay Henderson,

You have stated that you are not willing to release this information in to a public forum, would sending it privately to me not be an option?.
Revealing gender still gives the complainant anonymity.
I am currently taking legal advice for civil court action in relationship to victimisation as this has been a repeated action on more than one occasion over a 3year period.

Yours sincerely,

Brian D. Robin

Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Good morning

As stated below, we would not release third party personal information. This relates to private and public.

If you are not satisfied with the way we have handled your request, you have the right to request a review of the decision. Please write to: Head of Legal & Democratic Services, Finance & Corporate Services, Fife House, North Street, Glenrothes, KY7 5LT or e-mail to [email address].
The law provides for you to make this request up to 60 working days from when we received your enquiry or 40 working days from when you receive this correspondence whichever is the later date. Where the outcome of the review fails to resolve the matter to your complete satisfaction you have the right to apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner for a decision.www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal

Regards
K. Henderson

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Dear Kay Henderson,

Would this information be available to the police or councilors?

Yours sincerely,

Brian D. Robin

Kay Henderson, Fife Council

Good morning

I refer to your further message below.

Unfortunately we cannot advise if the police would deal with this. Fife Council would not release personal third party information to councillors.

Regards
K. Henderson

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