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The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives people the right
to request information held by public authorities.
Freedom of information gives you two related rights:
- the right to be told if information exists
- the right to receive information (and where possible, in the
manner requested) subject to certain exemptions under the Act, or
other relevant legislation, which may mean we cannot always provide
it.
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In addition to the provisions of this
Act, you are already entitled under the Data Protection Act 1998 to
request a copy of any personal data that we may hold about
you. Stringent precautions govern how we can use this data, in
particular protecting you against it being made available to others
inappropriate.
If there is to be a charge for providing the response (for
instance, if it will take longer than 18 hours to collect and
provide it), we will tell you as soon as possible. In this
case, your request will be placed on hold until payment has been
made, and this will also extend the time allowed to respond.
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