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Freedom of Information Disclosure Log 2018

Office of the Data Protection Commissioner

Freedom of Information Requests for Non-Personal Information Received and Completed during 1 January – 25 May 2018

Pursuant to Schedule 1, Part 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the DPC is subject to FOI only in respect of records concerning the general administration of the Commission. The term "general administration" refers to records which have to do with the management the DPC as an organisation, such as records relating to personnel, pay matters, recruitment, accounts, information technology, accommodation, internal organisation, and office procedures. The DPC is not an FOI body in respect of records relating to its functions as a data protection authority.

The below disclosure log sets out details of non-personal requests for access to information which have been dealt with by the DPC under the FOI Act 2014. The disclosure log does not include details of requests for information which fall outside the scope of the FOI Act 2014

Date of Request	Requester Category	Summary of Request	Decision Made	Date of Reply
17/1/2018	Interest Group	The internal processes for administering complaints, i.e. how are complaints administered and managed upon receipt at the ODPC. The processes that exist for initiating an investigation following the registration of a complaint. The organigram of the organisation and functions and job descriptions of various staff members.	Partial Granted Exemptions applied; Schedule 1, Part 1(f) (out of scope) and 37(1) Internal review requested. (Some extra information provided)	13/2/2018
28/3/2018	Interest Group	The cost of all overseas travel in 2017 and to date in 2018.	Granted	11/5/2018
5/4/2018	Journalist	DPC spending on external legal advice in the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to-date in 2018. The amount that the DPC paid each external legal firm in the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to-date in 2018.	Granted	2/5/2018

Date of Request

Requester Category

Summary of Request

Decision

Made

Date of

Reply

17/1/2018

Interest Group

The internal processes for administering complaints, i.e. how are complaints administered and managed upon receipt at the ODPC.
The processes that exist for initiating an investigation following the registration of a complaint.
The organigram of the organisation and functions and job descriptions of various staff members.

Partial Granted

Exemptions applied; Schedule 1,

Part 1(f) (out of scope) and 37(1)

Internal review requested. (Some extra information provided)

13/2/2018

28/3/2018

Interest Group

The cost of all overseas travel in 2017 and to date in 2018.

Granted

11/5/2018

5/4/2018

Journalist

DPC spending on external legal advice in the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to-date in 2018.
The amount that the DPC paid each external legal firm in the years 2015, 2016, 2017 and to-date in 2018.

Granted

2/5/2018

Data Protection Commission

Freedom of Information Requests for Non-Personal Information Received and Completed during 25 May – 31 December 2018

Date of Request	Requester Category	Summary of Request	Decision Made	Date of Reply
22/8/2018	Interest Group	Records management policy Data retention schedules/policy Information security policy Personal data breach policy/procedure Procedure for handling FOI requests	Granted	26/9/2018
3/9/2018	Other	A copy of the DPC retention schedule.	Granted	27/9/2018

Date of Request

Requester Category

Summary of Request

Decision

Made

Date of

Reply

22/8/2018

Interest Group

Records management policy
Data retention schedules/policy
Information security policy
Personal data breach policy/procedure
Procedure for handling FOI requests

Granted

26/9/2018

3/9/2018

Other

A copy of the DPC retention schedule.

Granted

27/9/2018