Tag Archives: ICO

UPDATE ~ #FoI ~ When is an undertaking, er… not necessarily an undertaking…?

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

When it’s been handed to Wirral Council? Here’s an email I sent to Graham “Mistakes” Burgess, Wirral’s Chief Executive on 25th September 2013… From: Paul C Sent: 25 September 2013 21:57 To: ‘Burgess, Graham’ Subject: Freedom of Information undertaking. A public … Continue reading →

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15 months on, an answer is in for my FoI request about former CEO Jim Wilkie

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Like previous favoured ex-employees, former Chief executive Jim Wilkie is having his personal information AND privacy jealously guarded by his former employer, Wirral Council.  In fact they’ve gone way beyond the extra mile once again. Remember when it took over a YEAR to … Continue reading →

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My second “vexatious” request allegation – courtesy of Wirral Council

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

Link to the ‘offending’ FoI request on the WhatDoTheyKnow website: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/unscrutinised_machinations_permi This has been appealed to the ICO in the following terms on 19th June 2013 (which has been updated in places today) e.g. the amount of public money used to pay … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – Somerset County Council up to no good. The ICO – Useless, Ruthless, Toothless

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

2nd September 2013 It’s taken me a while to put this up on the blog, but here’s a response to a complaint I lodged in May 2013 with the Information Commissioner’s Office: PROTECT  21 June 2013 Case Reference Number FS50496625 Dear … Continue reading →

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UPDATE ~ A (strange) response is now in… Dear Information Commissioner’s Blog…

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

From: Paul CSent: 15 August 2013 13:12To: ‘blog@ico.org.uk’Subject: Enforcement Dear ICO blog, “To send a person’s financial records to the wrong fax number once is careless. To do so continually, despite being aware of the problem, is unforgiveable.” I’ve just … Continue reading →

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Am I a maker of “vexatious requests” ?

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

26th June 2014 UPDATE – Wirral Council have capitulated, and have now withdrawn ALL their ‘vexatious’ refusals targetted against me.  Not content with this however, monitoring officer Surjit Tour, head of the legal “team” has made a veiled threat on … Continue reading →

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UPDATE – #FoI request ~ Findings From 3 Month Monitoring of Wirral Council

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

My latest Freedom of Information request.  This one is made to the Information Commissioner’s office: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/findings_from_3_month_monitoring From: Paul Cardin 10 April 2013 Dear Information Commissioner’s Office, Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council was the only UK local authority to be monitored by … Continue reading →

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#FoI Request: Please name the councillors who attended / didn’t attend their training sessions

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

28th March 2013 https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/councillors_attending_not_attend Dear Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council, Please refer to the following link to a document on the Wirral.gov.uk webpage. http://democracy.wirral.gov.uk/documents… This refers to a Council Excellence Overview and Scrutiny Committee held on 26th March 2013. Please scroll … Continue reading →

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Vexatious requests… and… Wirral Council runs a screening process for FoI releases

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

18th March 2013 Ever since lodging this, my first FoI request, with Cheshire West & Chester Council back in August 2009, I’ve been busy using my statutory querying rights on a fairly regular basis.  These rights belong to all UK … Continue reading →

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Wirral Council – “The Art of Darkness” – censorship, running out of control

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Wirral In It Together

“THE ART OF DARKNESS” This tragic waste of black marker pen was sent in response to the following FoI request to abusive Wirral Council.  Subject: “Helpline Regarding Illegal Delays in Social Care” http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/helpline_regarding_illegal_delay#incoming-319894 It was lodged back in MAY 2012 and it ground on … Continue reading →

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