Private use of social media advice provided to employees

James Smith made this Freedom of Information request to WA Department of Mines and Petroleum as part of a batch sent to 204 authorities

This request has been closed to new correspondence from the public body. Contact us if you think it ought be re-opened.

The request was refused by WA Department of Mines and Petroleum.

Dear WA Department of Mines and Petroleum,

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

BROWN, Helen,

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Hello James,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information request to the Department of Mines
and Petroleum for information regarding instances where an employee has
sought information, advice, guidance or opinion on their social media use
in a private capacity.

 

According to section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 1992 (WA)
applicants must provide an Australian address. Regulation 4 of the Freedom
of Information Regulations 1993  (‘the Regulations’) requires that an
application fee be paid, which is prescribed in column 2 of Schedule 1 of
the Regulations as $30.

 

Until these requirements are met, your application is invalid and I cannot
proceed with your application.

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Helen Brown | Coordinator
Freedom of Information
Information Management and
Records Services Branch

 

Department of Mines, Industry
Regulation and Safety

100 Plain Street East Perth WA
6004

Tel: +61 8 9222 3246

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| [2]www.dmirs.wa.gov.au

 

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DISCLAIMER: This email, including any attachments, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or personal information and may also be the subject of legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it.
In this case, please let me know by return email, delete the message permanently from your system and destroy any copies.

Before you take any action based upon advice and/or information contained in this email you should carefully consider the advice and information and consider obtaining relevant independent advice.

References

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1. [email address]
mailto:[email address]
2. www.dmirs.wa.gov.au
http://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/
3. http://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/

BROWN, Helen,

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Hello James,

 

With regard to your Freedom of Information application received on 9
August, as stated previously, it is not valid until payment of the $30
application fee is received.

 

You may wish to ring me through your card details, or post payment to my
attention.

 

The Department of Mines and Petroleum has now merged into the Department
of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety. There is information on the
website about the Freedom of Information process, and also application
forms with a provision for credit card payment, if that would be more
convenient.

 

Regards,

 

Helen Brown | Coordinator
Freedom of Information
Information Management and
Records Services Branch

 

Department of Mines, Industry
Regulation and Safety

100 Plain Street East Perth WA
6004

Tel: +61 8 9222 3246

[1][email address]
| [2]www.dmirs.wa.gov.au

 

[3][IMG]

 

DISCLAIMER: This email, including any attachments, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or personal information and may also be the subject of legal privilege.
If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or use the information contained in it.
In this case, please let me know by return email, delete the message permanently from your system and destroy any copies.

Before you take any action based upon advice and/or information contained in this email you should carefully consider the advice and information and consider obtaining relevant independent advice.

References

Visible links
1. [email address]
mailto:[email address]
2. www.dmirs.wa.gov.au
http://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/
3. http://www.dmirs.wa.gov.au/

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.

Locutus Sum left an annotation ()

It can be a problem when an applicant sends out a very large number of requests together in a bulk request. It is very convenient for the applicant when she makes the requests but then when so many responses are received it is inconvenient to work out how to continue ... or even to classify the responses.