ICO - FS50777458
| ICO - FS50777458 | |
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| Authority: | ICO (UK) |
| Jurisdiction: | United Kingdom |
| Relevant Law: | Article 4(1) GDPR |
| Type: | Complaint |
| Outcome: | Upheld |
| Decided: | 7.11.2019 |
| Published: | n/a |
| Fine: | none |
| Parties: | Wales Interpretation and Translation Service Vs. anonymous |
| National Case Number: | FS50777458 |
| European Case Law Identifier: | n/a |
| Appeal: | n/a |
| Original Language: |
English |
| Original Source: | ICO (EN) |
The ICO issued a decision on the necessity of a disclosure of information hold by a public entity to satisfy the legitimate public interests of accountability and transparency.
English Summary
Facts
The complainant requested copies of minutes for the Wales Interpretation and Translation Service for the public sector from the Cardiff Council, which provided him with redacted copies of the minutes. The complainant filled a complaint with the ICO because they wanted to have access the names of the attendees of the minutes.
Dispute
Is it the data personal data? Would the disclosure contravene Article 5(1)(a) GDPR? Is the disclose necessary in order to meet accountability and transparency legitimate interests?
Holding
After having reviewd if the information at stake was personal data and if the disclosure would contravene Articels 5(1)(a) GDPR principle, the ICO assessed whether this disclosure was lawful. The Commissioner went through the three-step test (legitimate interest – necessity - balancing) in order to assess if the conditions of the processing - to disclose - meet the requirements of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. It found that the disclosure of the names of the attendees was necessary to satisfy the legitimate public interests of accountability and transparency, which outweigh the data subjects’ fundamental rights and freedoms. Thus, it concluded that there was the legal basis of Article 6(1)(f) GDPR for the processing and it required the public authority to provide a copy of the full minutes to the complainant.
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