In March 2012 the Information Commissioner ruled that because emails the Financial Times had requested contained public information they could be the subject of a Freedom of Information request and ordered the information requested by the paper to be disclosed.
2012年3月，英国信息专员裁定，由于金融时报要求的电子邮件包含公共信息，它们可能是信息自由请求的主体，所以命令披露该文件的信息。