· FOI · partially withheld
Fiona Hyslop MSP visit to Le Festival Interceltique: FOI release
Information requested
Information relating to Festival Interceltique de Lorient. You asked for any correspondence, physical or digital, to or from Fiona Hyslop MSP and/or her staff regarding her visit to Le Festival Interceltique de Lorient in August this year.
Response
In response to your request, Scottish Government I have attached the correspondence we hold on our records relating to this visit.
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applied to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party ie names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998
An exemption under section 33(1)(b) of FOISA (commercial interests) applies to one of the pieces of information requested. This exemption applies because disclosure of this particular information would, or be likely to, prejudice substantially the commercial interests of Active and harm their commercial business.
These exemptions are subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.
Detected exemption language
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applied to some of the information requested because it is personal data of a third party ie names and contact details of individuals, and disclosing it would contravene the data protection principles in Schedule 1 to the Data Protection Act 1998 An exemption under section 33(1)(b) of FOISA (commercial interests) applies to one of the pieces of information requested. This exemption applies because disclosure of this particular information would, or be likely to, prejudice substantially the commercial interests of Active and harm their commercial business. These exemptions are subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption.