FOI/202500451701 · FOI · partially withheld
Communications exchanged with various organisations: FOI release
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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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.