Private use of social media advice provided to employees

James Smith made this Right to Information request to Electoral Commission of Queensland as part of a batch sent to 204 authorities

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The request was refused by Electoral Commission of Queensland.

Dear Electoral Commission of Queensland,

This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I request documents related to the ten most recent instances where an employee has sought information, advice, guidance, or opinion on their social media use in a private capacity.

I limit the scope of documents to:
- the original request from the employee
- the agency/department's response
- any follow-up questions and response
- only those sent to a relevant HR / conduct / social media (or similar) team (rather than managers across all areas of the organisation)
- where the original request was created in the last 2 years

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me.

Yours faithfully,

James Smith

General Enquiries, Electoral Commission of Queensland

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General Enquiries, Electoral Commission of Queensland

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Hi,

We have received your request and will get back to you soon.

– General Enquiries

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Maya Bahri, Electoral Commission of Queensland

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Hi James,
Thank you for contacting the Electoral Commission of Queensland.

Your email has been referred to our Right to Information officer who will
respond to your email in due course.

Kind regards,
Electoral Commission of Queensland
Ph: 1300 881 665

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Maya Bahri, Electoral Commission of Queensland

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Good morning James,

Applications requesting access to documents held by a government agency in
Queensland are made under the Right to Information Act 2009 (Qld) (the RTI
Act).

To proceed with your request, could you please complete the attached
application form and send this to [Electoral Commission of Queensland request email].

Please note that there is an application fee under the RTI Act, and you
may also be required to pay processing and access charges.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind regards,
Rileigh Marshall
Electoral Commission of Queensland
Ph: 1300 881 665

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Maya Bahri, Electoral Commission of Queensland

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[1]SPLES17813_RIGHT_TO_INFORMATION_PRIVACY_ACCESS_FORM_UPDATE.pdf^[2][IMG]

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Locutus Sum left an annotation ()

Mostly I classify a response like this one to say "clarification requested" because the agency has told the applicant that some more information (and money!) is needed before the request will be processed. This time, I have put the response in the category of "refused" because it is two months when the agency has responded and the applicant has not made a follow-up. This does not mean that the agency will refuse the request when an application is made in the correct (required) way and although I have made the classification of "refused", the applicant can use this same request page if he wishes to pursue the request.