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Local government regulations and extensive jurisprudence regulate and specify the right of councilors to obtain all background information, data or information held by the services of the local corporation and necessary for the exercise of their functions. In the event that the requested information contains personal data, as in the case raised in the consultation, the councilor's access could be justified for the exercise of the general functions attributed to the full body of the corporation related to the control and supervision of the bodies. of government, in cases in which the judicial processes are related to issues related to the professional field and linked to the functions in the municipal government of those accused or investigated and not linked to issues of the private or personal sphere of these. Access could also be justified, in cases in which the councilor has functions directly related to the control of the representation and defense of the corporation, with the legal defense of the case, or in another matter directly related to the judicial procedures in progress. . All this, without prejudice to the result of the weighing of the rights at stake, and taking into account the circumstances of each specific case, it will be considered that the right to data protection of the affected persons must be preserved.

The councilor has the right to access the Local Police holiday calendars for the years 2021 and 2022, albeit with pseudonymisation of the personal data, given that providing the information in this way would a priori be sufficient to achieve the intended purpose of control.

The councilor has the right to access the Local Police holiday calendars for the years 2021 and 2022, albeit with pseudonymisation of the personal data, given that providing the information in this way would a priori be sufficient to achieve the intended purpose of control.

The data protection regulations do not prevent the claimant from accessing information on the breakdown of the amounts allocated to each group and on the different expenditure concepts made by the groups during the requested period, for the purposes of controlling the destination of the funds they receive. It also does not prevent access to the supporting invoices for expenses that contain personal data of the councilors, as well as third-party natural persons with whom they have contracted, although it would be necessary to remove from the supporting documents the information that allows to analyze or establish certain relative aspects to the personal life of the person making the expenditure, their personal preferences or establishing certain guidelines of conduct, as well as certain data (such as private addresses or ID number), which are not relevant to achieve the purpose of transparency.

Data protection regulations do not preclude access to information on the number of vouchers exchanged per commercial establishment size, and the number of vouchers exchanged per user without identifying the user. The data protection regulations do not prevent the claimant from providing information on the identification of the establishments and the number of vouchers exchanged.

Personal data protection regulations do not prevent a councilor from accessing a detailed list of individuals and proposals submitted under participatory budgeting.

The data protection regulations do not prevent the claimant from accessing the information on the amounts allocated to each group and on the different concepts of expenditure made by the groups, for the purposes of controlling the destination of the funds they receive. It also does not prevent access to invoices justifying expenses that contain personal data of councilors as well as third parties with whom they have contracted, although information should be removed from supporting documents to analyze or establish certain aspects related to life. personnel of the person making the expenditure, their personal preferences or to establish certain guidelines of conduct, not relevant to achieve the intended purpose in the terms set out in the legal basis IV.

In view of the information available, the data protection regulations would prevent the councilor from accessing the report of the local police chief.

The councillor cannot access the requested full file, relating to various procedures for registration of vulnerable persons, although, for the purposes of controlling and scrutinising the management of the Padron carried out by the City Council, he can be given certain information on these heights: date, address, justification in the terms indicated in the report, and the identification data of the persons concerned.

Given the regulations applicable in the case before us, and from the point of view of data protection regulations, access by the councilor to the file on participatory budgets would be justified, including the original proposals with identification of the people who made them.