Communications exchanged with various organisations: FOI release

Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.


Information requested

Any communications exchanged over the last five years with representatives of the following companies:

  • SpaceX
  • Neuralink
  • xAI
  • The Boring Company
  • X Corp.
  • Tesla

Response

I attach a copy of the information requested, please see Supporting Document 1.

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested under the following exemption of FOISA and FOIA that apply to sections of the information:

An exemption under section 38(1)(b) (personal information) of FOISA applies to some of the information you have requested as it is personal data of a third party and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Article 5(1) of the General Data Protection Regulation and in section 34(1) of the Data Protection Act 2018. This exemption is not subject to the 'public interest test', so we are not required to consider if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.

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Contact

Please quote the FOI reference
Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000

The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG

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