FOI request detail

Onfido background check

Request ID: FOI-2315-1819
Date published: 31 January 2019

You asked

Did onfido supply Juma Omar background check & if so what was the date of the check?

We answered

TfL Ref: FOI-2315-1819

Thank you for your request received by Transport for London (TfL) on 2 December 2018 asking for information about Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in relation to Juma Omar.

Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act and our information access policy. I can confirm that we hold the information you require. You asked: Did Onfido supply Juma Omar background check & if so what was the date of the check?

In accordance with TfL’s obligations under Data Protection legislation we are not obliged to provide the information you have requested as required by section 40(2) of the FOI Act. This is because disclosure of this personal data would be a breach of the legislation, specifically the first principle which requires all processing of personal data to be fair and lawful. It would not be fair to disclose this personal information when the individuals have no expectation it would be disclosed and TfL has not satisfied one of the conditions which would make the processing ‘fair’.

Please see the attached information sheet for details of your right to appeal.

Yours sincerely

Sara Thomas

FOI Case Management Team

General Counsel

Transport for London

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