Jersey Telecom correspondence relating to emergency services (FOI)

​​Request

Please provide any correspondence between the Chief Minister and Jersey Telecoms related to the emergency services between 1 January 2023 and 6 November 2023​ 

Response 

Searches were undertaken on the email account of the Chief Minister as requested and the relevant correspondence is attached. 

Correspondence 1 _Redacted.pdf

Correspondence 2 _Redacted.pdf

JT High level overview of end-to-end emergency call traffic flow from October 2023.pdf​

Personal information has been redacted in accordance with the Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.  

Information has also been withheld in accordance with Article 33 (Commercial Interests) of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011. 

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 2005.

(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 2005; 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 33 - Commercial interests

Information is qualified exempt information if –

(a) it constitutes a trade secret; or

(b) its disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the commercial interests of a person (including the scheduled public authority holding the information).

Public Interest Test 

Article 33(b) is a prejudice-based exemption. That means that in order to engage this exemption there must be a likelihood that disclosure would cause prejudice to the interest that the exemption protects. In addition, this is a qualified exemption and consideration must be given to the public interest in maintaining the exemption.

It is considered that providing information could prejudice the commercial interests of the Government of Jersey and/or third parties. There may be public interest in the commercial information however it was considered that this is outweighed by the potential for commercial and/or financial damage. ​