Reprimands issued by JOIC to Government of Jersey (FOI)

​​​​​Request

On how many occasions in each of the past 3 years (i.e. 2022, 2023 and 2024) has the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner (JOIC) issued reprimands to departments of the Government of Jersey?

For each reprimand issued, please provide the following information: 

1. The department reprimanded.

2. The reason(s) for the reprimand.

3. The date of the reprimand.

Response

Data Protection Cases

The JOIC mobilises its regulatory activity in a number of ways.  Reprimands are sent to Data Controllers and Data Processors following a breach of DPJL or DPAJL.

The Government of Jersey has had over 25 Data Controllers registered with the JOIC since the start of DPJL 2018.

Due to this Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied to the response as each complaint, at all levels of the enforcement process received from the JOIC by each Data Controller would need to be manually checked to confirm if the word “reprimand” had been used in in that process as the JOIC do not always use this action.

Freedom of Information

“Reprimand” is not used in the FOI JOIC appeal process, however all cases once the appeal is completed are shared here.

Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner - Decision Notices​

Article applied

Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive

(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations. ​