Sir David Calvert Smith RNLI correspondence (FOI)

Request

With reference to a previous FOI request published on 12 October 2022, RNLI correspondence with Ports of Jersey (FOI). 

Page 2 of the 41 page PDF file provided in response to the above FOI request contains an email address d.calvertsmith@gov.je therefore please provide:

A

Copies of all emails sent to email address d.calvertsmith@gov.je from [name redacted].  For the avoidance of doubt, please search for the names [name redacted] and [name redacted] in the "from" name.

B

Copies of all emails sent from email address d.calvertsmith@gov.je to [name redacted].  For the avoidance of doubt, please search for the names [name redacted] and [name redacted] in the "to" name

C

Please confirm the total number of sent email messages in the mailbox d.calvertsmith@gov.je.  If this mailbox has been deleted, please confirm the number in the last available backup.

D

Please confirm the total number of received email messages in the mailbox d.calvertsmith@gov.je.  If this mailbox has been deleted, please confirm the number in the last available backup.

Response

A

Eleven emails were sent to the email address provided by the named individual.

The emails and attachments are withheld under Articles 25 (personal information), 26 (Information supplied in confidence) and 32 (legal professional privilege) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.  

Article 25 is an absolute exemption and does not therefore necessitate a public interest test; however, it is noted that the correspondence held refers and relates to specific individuals who would have an expectation of privacy under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 and the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

The timeline of information collated has been attached for reference, with redactions applied in-line with the above exemptions.

B

Nine emails were sent to the email address provided by the named individual.

The emails and attachments are withheld under Articles 25 (personal information), 26 (Information supplied in confidence) and 32 (legal professional privilege) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.  

Article 25 is an absolute exemption and does not therefore necessitate a public interest test; however, it is noted that the correspondence held refers and relates to specific individuals who would have an expectation of privacy under the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 and the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

C 

328 - Please note that this number reflects all sent emails from this email address, a proportion of which are duplicated or not relevant to the RNLI correspondence, between the dates of 17 November 2020 and 17 November 2022.

D

247 - Please note that this number reflects all received email from this email address, a proportion of which are duplicated or not relevant to the RNLI correspondence, between the dates of 17 November 2020 and 17 November 2022.

Articles applied 

Article 25 - Personal information

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018.

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law.

3) In determining for the purposes of this Article whether the lawfulness principle in Article 8(1)(a) of the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018 would be contravened by the disclosure of information, paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to that Law (legitimate interests) is to be read as if sub-paragraph (b) (which disapplies the provision where the controller is a public authority) were omitted.

Article 26 - Information supplied in confidence

Information is absolutely exempt information if –

(a) it was obtained by the scheduled public authority from another person (including another public authority); and

(b) the disclosure of the information to the public by the scheduled public authority holding it would constitute a breach of confidence actionable by that or any other person.

Article 32 - Legal professional privilege

Information is qualified exempt information if it is information in respect of which a claim to legal professional privilege could be maintained in legal proceedings.