Gamma International's FinFisher
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I hereby request access, under the Freedom of Information Act
(1982) to:
Copies of all briefings, communications, forms, reports or notes
authored by the Australian Crime Commission in the calendar year 2014, which mention or discuss Gamma International’s FinFisher suite of software.
I wish to exclude from the scope of my request:
1) Duplicates of documents and drafts;
2) The personal information of any individuals contained in the
documents;
3) Documents which are already publicly known or accessible.
I suggest these exclusions to make the process more practical, and
would therefore be happy to further reframe my request if it is
helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me by reply email if I
may be of further assistance.
I request that all costs for all aspects of the processing of this
request be waived on the grounds that the release of this
information is in the public interest.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I write to inform you that due an to error by myself, this request was submitted with the wrong name on the Right To Know website. Right To Know volunteers have corrected it for me. It now has a new url:
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/g...
Please proceed with the request. Thank you.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
Dear Mr Palmer,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to you request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
A/g FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: Culley Palmer [mailto:[FOI #977 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2015 9:07 PM
To: foi
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I hereby request access, under the Freedom of Information Act
(1982) to:
Copies of all briefings, communications, forms, reports or notes authored by the Australian Crime Commission in the calendar year 2014, which mention or discuss Gamma International’s FinFisher suite of software.
I wish to exclude from the scope of my request:
1) Duplicates of documents and drafts;
2) The personal information of any individuals contained in the documents;
3) Documents which are already publicly known or accessible.
I suggest these exclusions to make the process more practical, and would therefore be happy to further reframe my request if it is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me by reply email if I may be of further assistance.
I request that all costs for all aspects of the processing of this request be waived on the grounds that the release of this information is in the public interest.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
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Dear Mr Palmer,
We are currently processing your FOI request which is due to be finalised on 24 March 2014.
Under the terms of S.15AA of the FOI Act, the ACC would seek your consent to a 2 week extension of processing time to 7 April 2015 to finalise your request. Could you please notify me of your views on this extension as soon as possible so that I can notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) of any extension.
I thank you for your ongoing patience with this matter.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: foi
Sent: Friday, 27 February 2015 10:41 AM
To: 'Culley Palmer'; foi
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Mr Palmer,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to you request for access to documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth)
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
A/g FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: Culley Palmer [mailto:[FOI #977 email]]
Sent: Sunday, 22 February 2015 9:07 PM
To: foi
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I hereby request access, under the Freedom of Information Act
(1982) to:
Copies of all briefings, communications, forms, reports or notes authored by the Australian Crime Commission in the calendar year 2014, which mention or discuss Gamma International’s FinFisher suite of software.
I wish to exclude from the scope of my request:
1) Duplicates of documents and drafts;
2) The personal information of any individuals contained in the documents;
3) Documents which are already publicly known or accessible.
I suggest these exclusions to make the process more practical, and would therefore be happy to further reframe my request if it is helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me by reply email if I may be of further assistance.
I request that all costs for all aspects of the processing of this request be waived on the grounds that the release of this information is in the public interest.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
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Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I agree to a two week extension. Please get in touch again should you need another extension.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
Dear Mr Palmer,
Thank you for the prompt reply, and your agreement to the extension of time.
Our decision in relation to your request is now due on 7 April 2015.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: Culley Palmer [mailto:[FOI #977 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 1:18 PM
To: foi
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I agree to a two week extension. Please get in touch again should you need another extension.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Palmer,
We are currently processing your FOI request which is due to be finalised on 24 March 2014.
Under the terms of S.15AA of the FOI Act, the ACC would seek your consent to a 2 week extension of processing time to 7 April 2015 to finalise your request. Could you please notify me of your views on this extension as soon as possible so that I can notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) of any extension.
I thank you for your ongoing patience with this matter.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
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Dear Mr Palmer,
My apologies for the short notice, I note a decision on this matter was due to be provided to you today.
The ACC are still working to finalise your application, would you consider an addition and final extension of 1 week to 14 April?
Again, I apologise for the short notice and thank you for your patience. Please be assured we are working to finalise your application as quickly as possible.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: Culley Palmer [mailto:[FOI #977 email]]
Sent: Wednesday, 18 March 2015 1:18 PM
To: foi
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Australian Crime Commission,
I agree to a two week extension. Please get in touch again should you need another extension.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Palmer,
We are currently processing your FOI request which is due to be finalised on 24 March 2014.
Under the terms of S.15AA of the FOI Act, the ACC would seek your consent to a 2 week extension of processing time to 7 April 2015 to finalise your request. Could you please notify me of your views on this extension as soon as possible so that I can notify the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) of any extension.
I thank you for your ongoing patience with this matter.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
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Dear Amy Dyde,
Australian Crime Commission FOI,
I am happy to agree to a further extension of one week, to 14th April.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
Dear Mr Palmer
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth). My apologies for the delayed provision of this decision.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde
Strategy & Policy, Australian Crime Commission
[p] 02 6243 6620 | [e] [email address]
-----Original Message-----
From: Culley Palmer [mailto:[FOI #977 email]]
Sent: Tuesday, 7 April 2015 7:36 PM
To: foi
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - Documents mentioning WikiLeaks [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Dear Amy Dyde,
Australian Crime Commission FOI,
I am happy to agree to a further extension of one week, to 14th April.
Regards,
Culley Palmer
-----Original Message-----
Dear Mr Palmer,
My apologies for the short notice, I note a decision on this matter was due to be provided to you today.
The ACC are still working to finalise your application, would you consider an addition and final extension of 1 week to 14 April?
Again, I apologise for the short notice and thank you for your patience. Please be assured we are working to finalise your application as quickly as possible.
Kind regards,
Amy Dyde | Legal Services
FOI Coordinator
Australian Crime Commission
Ph: 02 62436620
[email address]
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Dear Mr. Palmer,
Please see the attached correspondence in relation to your request for
documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).
Kind regards,
Pat
Patrick Dale
FoI Coordinator | Australian Crime
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Ben Fairless left an annotation ()
At the request of Culley Palmer, I've updated the name of this request from Documents mentioning WikiLeaks to Gamma International's FinFisher.
Thanks, Ben