This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament
Petition Freedom of Information
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Give public bodies the right to refuse FOI requests that are nothing more than free research or data mining for commercial interests. For example: How can it be justified that a Local Authority must supply details of all businesses moving into properties in a given period. This will only be exploited for commercial gain. At a time when local autorities must do more with fewer resources, it seem incongruous that they are effectively subsiding private companies by doing pre-sale research. Surely not the spirit of FOI Act
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