Yes really. Our argument, upheld by a judge, was that there was no value to an attacker. Their point stands legally, but nothing else. Despite all that, Chicag

Yes really. Our argument, upheld by a judge, was that there was no value to an attacker. Their point stands legally, but nothing else. Despite all that, Chicago still pushes back aggressively. Here's a fun one from a recent denial letter they sent for data within the same database: "When DOF referred to reviewing over 300 variable CANVAS pages, these are not analog sequential book style pages of data. Instead, they are 300 different webpages with unique file layouts for which there is no designated first page." This is after I requested every field reflected in within the 300 different pages because it would be unduly burdensome to go through. I'm waiting for the city's response for the TOP page rather than the FIRST page. It's asinine that we have to do this in order to understand how these systems can blindly ruin the lives of many. They also argued the same 7(1)(g) exemption despite me being explicit about not wanting the column names. Effectively turning their argument into them saying that the release of information within a database, fullstop, is exempt because it could be used to figure out what data exists within a database. That's against the spirit of IL FOIA, which includes this incredibly direct statutory language: Sec. 1.2. Presumption. All records in the custody or possession of a public body are presumed to be open to inspection or copying. Any public body that asserts that a record is exempt from disclosure has the burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence that it is exempt. https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25930500-foia-burdensome-chapman-lpl-04102025/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25930500-foia-burden... https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25930501-foia-burdensome-chapman-lpl-04242025-1/ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25930501-foia-burden...