ICO won't give a f**k, you'd need to make a legal claim

Also, with my DPO hat on, if so minded there are lots of ways to redact documents to make them useless. You're only entitled to the actual personal data. Anything else can be redacted (it's just usually too much of a faff / pointless to do it).

Posted By: CWC on January 28th 2026 at 16:32:28

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Saw somebody's freedom of information request today regarding the dvla (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 28, 00:02:47
- 6 (General Chat) - Ken Breadstick, Jan 28, 10:04:17
  - Cod's hake (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 28, 12:03:45
  - No, 2 (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Jan 28, 10:36:59
- What were they asking to see? (n/m) (General Chat) - megson, Jan 28, 09:06:39
  - They'd been under investigation for a year after a complaint they weren't fit to drive (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 28, 10:11:04
    - That all sounds very odd. Wouldn't a SAR be the better approach though (General Chat) - megson, Jan 28, 10:18:11
      - Yes, a SAR would be the better route... (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Jan 28, 10:37:38
        
        They've replied saying that's what they did, a DSAR request apparently (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 28, 11:20:02
        
        Hmm then that needs to go to ICO as there are very few reasons to redact information (General Chat) - megson, Jan 28, 11:42:33
        
        ICO won't give a fuck, you'd need to make a legal claim (General Chat) - CWC, Jan 28, 16:32:28
        
        ICO are rarely interested, in my experience. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 28, 12:17:47
      - Thanks, I'll pass that on (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Jan 28, 10:32:22
      - ^^^ 100% this ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Jan 28, 10:26:21
- sounds like an all round excellent use of public resources (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Jan 28, 09:05:56
- That's 3 words (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Jan 28, 07:42:57
- How did they get hold of the Epstein files? (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Jan 28, 07:41:13
- Oh my aching sides..... (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Jan 28, 07:39:08

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