Wikiland turns to Shapps and says ‘those emails you wanted, we deleted them, sorry’

Cost?

I imagine the requests to search backup tapes for emails would be rejected on the grounds of cost.

Freedom of Information Act?

I thought the FOIA only applied to government bodies. What is brandishing it at WMUK supposed to achieve?

Mrs Blurt

They could do a deal. Wikimedia hand over their emails when Michael Gove hands over the Mrs Blurt emails he was ordered to publish in 2012.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-17235168

I'll start caring about the damage done to Shapps when he's thrown out of his party for his other activities. Even if the allegations weren't true in this case he's hardly whiter-than-white after all.

Can we file an FoIA request on Shapps and his activities as Michael Green? (what's good for the goose and all that)

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/mar/16/grant-shapps-urged-to-quit-over-second-job-under-michael-green-pseudonym

Do you mean Data Protection Act?

The FoI act only applies to public bodies, doesn't it?

A Subject Access Request is a thing where you can get data held on you by a company or organisation under the terms of the Data Protection Act.

They are either lying or legally incompetant. Or both. But definitely not neither.

So deleted....

Presumably in line with Wikimedia's approved retention policy, which is fully in line with industry best practice? How can Michael Green possibly object to that?

Surely acting in a partisan manner during a general election is acting in a partisan manner during a general election, whether the opposition won or not? The only relief to be felt that Shapps didn't lose his seat should be because he's probably a bit less determined for vengeance.

Mrs Blurt

Maybe a deal can be reached. Wikimedia will hand over their emails when Michael Gove hands over the 'Mrs Blurt' emails, that he was told to publish in 2012.

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-17235168

FOI?

How does FOI apply to Wikimedia? Being a charity doesn't make you subject to FOI.

Data Protection Act? Not FOIA

A personal data "subject access request" is made under the Data Protection Act 1998, I think you've wrongly stated the Freedom of Information Act, which applies to getting (non personal data) from public authorities....

if Shapps is having trouble getting the information he wants..

Then maybe his buddies at Cheltenham could help him out. From what i hear, they would probably have a backup or two.