The Ground Stated
For each redaction, the response states the ground relied on.
Intent
Knowing something was withheld is of little use without the ground beside it. A person can dispute a ground, not a blank space.
How to test it
An assessor scores the criterion against a single response:
- Score 2
- Each redaction carries the ground the organisation relied on to make it.
- Score 1
- The response gives the grounds relied on across the copy without tying them to particular redactions.
- Score 0
- The response shows redactions without stating any ground.
- Not applicable
- The organisation redacted nothing from the copy.
The law it reflects
This criterion reflects Article 5(2) of the UK GDPR. That mapping is a guide, not a legal test: conformance is judged against the criterion, not the article.
See H4 in context in the full standard.