Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 00:36:51 +0000
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Request for mobile communications via mobile applications [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
From: FOI Requests <
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To: Ben Fairless <xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx>
Cc: FOI Requests <
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UNCLASSIFIED
Dear Mr Fairless
I am emailing you to informally provide you with a decision about access to documents that you requested under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act). In your email of 28 October 2016, you asked that the department not treat your email as a formal FOI request unless necessary.
On 28 October 2016 you requested access to chat messages sent to or received from the Attorney-General via various applications. Specifically you sought access to:
‘a copy of all inbound and outbound chats in the 7 days prior to this request that was sent or received from the minister using any of the below applications:
- WhatsApp
- Facebook Messneger
- Signal
- Telegram
- Grindr
- Scruff
- Tinder
- Email Accounts without a .gov.au email address.’
I have identified that the Attorney-General’s Department has no documents that fall within the scope of your request.
I note that you made an identical request to the Attorney General on the same date. I confirm that your request has been brought to the attention of has been forwarded to the Attorney-General’s Office for their consideration.
Kind regards
Assistant Director
Freedom of Information and Privacy Section | Strategy and Delivery Division Attorney-General's Department | 3 - 5 National Circuit, Barton ACT 2600
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Fairless [mailto:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.xx]
Sent: Wednesday, 19 October 2016 10:11 AM
To: FOI Requests
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Request for mobile communications via mobile applications
Dear Attorney-General's Department,
Can you please provide a copy of all inbound and outbound chats in the 7 days prior to this request that was sent or received from the minister using any of the below applications:
- WhatsApp
- Facebook Messneger
- Signal
- Telegram
- Grindr
- Scruff
- Tinder
- Email Accounts without a .gov.au email address?
Please initially process these requests informally. I understand the AG advised the senate that the communications were "trivial" so I don't anticipate any exemptions being applied. If the request can't be processed informally, please treat it as a formal FOI request.
Yours faithfully,
Ben Fairless
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