Practice question
An executive office holds a public procurement record containing both project details and legally protected personal information unrelated to the request. It argues that either every byte must be published or the entire request must always be rejected. Which is best?
- FOI requires unrestricted publication of all personal data
- Access should be assessed together with applicable exceptions and privacy safeguards rather than that categorical choice
- Privacy always hides every procurement transaction
- The requester may nullify confidentiality by assertion
- The office may invent any exception it wishes
Legal references
- Executive Order No. 2, July 23, 2016, Sections 2-6 and 9-13: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo2016/eo_2_2016.html
- Republic Act No. 6713, Sections 5(e) and 7(c): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html
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