First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)

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

Fecha: 05-Nov-2025

The Tribunal’s powers and role

The Tribunal’s powers and role

10.

The relevant powers of the Tribunal are set out in section 166(2) (as supplemented by section 166(3)). In summary, the Tribunal is empoweredto make an order requiring the Commissioner either:

to take appropriate steps to respond to an applicable complaint; or

to inform the complainant of the progress on that complaint, or of the outcome of that complaint, within a period which the Tribunal may specify.

11.

However, an application under section 166 permits the Tribunal to make any such order only if the Commissioner has failed in some procedural respect, as specified in section 166(1) which is referred to below.

Heading
Preliminary matters
Summary of this decision
The Application
The Tribunal’s powers and role
The relevant statutory framework
The right to apply to the Tribunal
Discussion and findings
The Commissioner’s strike-out application
Whether there was a procedural failing by the Commissioner
Whether there is a reasonable prospect of the Applicant’s case succeeding
Conclusions