Dear Sir/Madam,
We acknowledge receipt of your email below.  However, to enable us to log
and process your request, the system we use requires both a first name and
a surname.
Would you kindly provide us with your first name to enable us to log and
process your request.

kind regards

Julia

Information Governance Office

(t)  0345 600 6400

(e) [email address]

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From: N F Coulson <[FOI #657291 email]>
Sent: 31 March 2020 14:36
To: FOI Mailbox <[email address]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Use of COMPUTER-TRANSLATION
technologies (e.g. Google Translate(TM), Microsoft Translator(TM) etc.)
 
Dear FoI Department,

This FoI Request is in regard to your organisation's use of and policies
on the use of, either formally or informally, COMPUTER-TRANSLATION tools
of the kind mentioned in the Subject description (but not restricted to
the two examples given).

1. Does your organisation have a formal policy which covers your
organisation's use of any such computer-translation tools. If so, please
can a copy of your policy be included in your response?

2. Has your organisation carried out (or outsourced) research or analysis
regarding the appropriateness of such computer-translation tools (and
their output) for use by your organisation? If so, please can a copy of
such research or analysis be included in your response?

3. Does your organisation routinely monitor the use of such
computer-translation tools? If so, can any such monitoring analysis be
included in your response?

4. Does your organisation routinely monitor the ad-hoc use of such
computer-translation tools by your organisation's staff in the conduct of
your organisations' work?

Thank you,

Yours faithfully,

N F Coulson.

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Our Ref: 7593  

Dear Enquirer,

INFORMATION REQUEST

Thank you for your request for information which will be dealt with under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
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Kind regards

Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF

Tel: 0345 600 6400
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk

Our Ref: 7593   

Dear Enquirer,

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT REQUEST

I refer to your Freedom of Information request in relation to computer
translation tools.

Right of Access

Section 1(1) of the Act provides any person making a request for
information to a public authority is entitled.

(a) to be informed in writing by the public authority whether it holds
information of the description specified in the request (which Section
1(6) of the Act designates as the "duty to confirm or deny"), and

(b) if that is the case, to have that information communicated to him.

The right is to obtain access to the information itself and not to the
document or record which contains it.

The Act creates a general right of access to information held by public
authorities subject to various exemptions.

Northumberland County Council confirms that it holds the information you
have requested, please see the following information in response.

Q.1 Does your organisation have a formal policy which covers your
organisation's use of any such computer-translation tools. If so, please
can a copy of your policy be included in your response? No Policy as we
don’t use them

Q.2 Has your organisation carried out (or outsourced) research or analysis
regarding the appropriateness of such computer-translation tools (and
their output) for use by your organisation? If so, please can a copy of
such research or analysis be included in your response? N/A

Q.3 Does your organisation routinely monitor the use of such
computer-translation tools? If so, can any such monitoring analysis be
included in your response? N/A

Q.4 Does your organisation routinely monitor the ad-hoc use of such
computer-translation tools by your organisation's staff in the conduct of
your organisations' work? N/A

Complaints

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can request an internal review by writing within 2 months
from the date of this response to the Information Governance Office:

Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
NE61 2EF

Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]

Information Commissioner

If you remain dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have a
right by Section 50 of the Act to apply to the Information Commissioner
for a decision as to whether your request has been dealt with in
accordance with the requirements of the Act at:

The Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Tel: 0303 123 1113
Email: [email address]

There is no charge for making an appeal.

Yours faithfully

FOI Coordinator 
Information Governance Office
Northumberland County Council
County Hall
Morpeth
Northumberland
NE61 2EF

Tel: 0345 600 6400
Email: [Northumberland County Council request email]
Web: http://www.northumberland.gov.uk