Correspondence between Henderson Chambers and the Gambling Commission

Request

Please supply all email correspondence between staff members of Henderson Chambers and the Gambling commission regarding the regulation of Betindex between 1st June 2021 and 21st Sep 2021

Happy for names to be redacted, but please include email suffixes

Response

Thank you for your request which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

In your email you have requested all email correspondence between staff members of Henderson Chambers and the Gambling commission regarding the regulation of Betindex between 1st June 2021 and 21st Sep 2021.

In order to fulfil your request we have completed a search across all Gambling Commission emails, applying the following criteria:

All email correspondence between @hendersonchambers.co.uk and @gamblingcommission.gov.uk between 1st June 2021 and 21st Sep 2021

Please see the attached information held by the Gambling Commission falling within the scope of your request.

We have redacted from all of the attached documents, information relating to identifiable individuals that would constitute personal data under section 40 of the FOIA.

The Data Protection Act 2018 requires personal data to be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject. It is the view of the Commission that disclosing the personal information contained within the attached documents would constitute the disclosure of personal data and would contravene this principle.

This includes the email addresses, opinions and any other personal identifiable information.

This information is therefore exempt under section 40(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

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Please note, internal review requests should be made within 40 working days of the initial response. Requests made outside this timeframe will not be processed.

If you are not content with the outcome of our review, you may then apply directly to the Information Commissioner (ICO) for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have already exhausted the review procedure provided by the Gambling Commission.

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Information Management Team
Gambling Commission
Victoria Square House
Victoria Square
Birmingham B2 4BP

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