S - Sensitive personal data
26/8/15
INFORMATION COMMISSIONER v COLENSO-DUNNE [2015] UKUT 471 (AAC)
In the course of an investigation into the activities of a private investigator, the Information Commissioner had obtained a list of journalists who had used the investigator. An applicant under a Freedom of Information request was entitled to be provided with a list of some of the names of the journalists. The information was not sensitive personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998, its disclosure was for a legitimate purpose and was not an unwarranted intrusion into the journalists' privacy rights.
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