First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)

FT/EA/2025/0203/GDPR - [2025] UKFTT 01313 (GRC)

Fecha: 05-Nov-2025

Preliminary matters

Preliminary matters

In this decision, I use the following terms to denote the meanings shown:

Applicant:	Daniel Morris.
Application:	The Applicant’s application dated 22 May 2025 for an order by the Tribunal under section 166(2) in respect of the Complaint.
Commissioner:	The Information Commissioner (the Respondent).
Complaint:	The Applicant’s complaint to the Commissioner, dated 18 February 2025, concerning the handling of his subject access request by the Information Commissioner’s Office (allocated reference IC-365752-B4Q5 by the Commissioner).
DPA:	The Data Protection Act 2018.
Tribunal Rules:	The Tribunal Procedure (First-tier Tribunal) (General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009.
UK GDPR:	The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679, as it forms part of domestic law in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 3 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018.

Unless the context otherwise requires (or as otherwise expressly stated), references in this decision:

to a section are references to the applicable section of the DPA; and

to a Rule are references to the applicable rule of the Tribunal Rules.

Nothing I say in this decision should be treated as the Tribunal’s view regarding the merits of the Commissioner’s decision (outcome) in respect of the Complaint. That is not a matter which is within the powers of the Tribunal to determine, for the reasons I refer to below.