The Information Tribunal has ruled that redacted information relating to traders successfully prosecuted for selling alcohol to under-age children, which had been requested from a council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA), was exempt from disclosure under section 40 of the FOIA to the extent that individual data subjects were still identifiable from that information. Section 40 exempts personal data where its disclosure would breach the principles set out in the Data Protection Act 1998. The Tribunal held that the information to be produced should not include the names, addresses, business or trading names, contact details and dates of birth of any individuals who were the subject of the prosecutions. The Tribunal concluded that disclosure of this information raised a serious risk that the prohibition imposed by section 40 could be gravely impaired, if not breached. Case: Lancashire County Council v Information Commissioner, 27 March 2007.