FOI/202400436359 · FOI · partially withheld
Correspondence with North Macedonia during October 2024: FOI release
Information requested
“Any correspondence with authorities and organisations in North Macedonia during October 2024.”
Response
I enclose a copy of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested (contact details) because it is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
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Detected exemption language
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance an exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to a small amount of the information requested (contact details) because it is personal data of a third party, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the ‘public interest test’, so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.