EIR/202400398892 · FOI/EIR · released
Moredun Group and Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF): EIR release
Information requested
Information in regards to email correspondence between the Scottish Government and Moredun Group in regards to Preparing for Sustainable Farming (PSF) from 1 February 2023 until 14 February 2024.
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To add to the previous request, please include internal Scottish Government correspondence in regards to Moredun and PSF too.
Response
I enclose a copy of most of the information you requested.
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance we are unable to provide some of the information you have requested because an exception under regulation regulation and 11(2) - personal data of the EIRs applies to that information. The reasons why that exception applies are explained in Annex A to this letter.
ANNEX
REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION
An exception applies
Regulation 11(2) of the EIRs (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because 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 exception 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 exception.
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Detected exemption language
ANNEX REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING INFORMATION An exception applies Regulation 11(2) of the EIRs (personal information) applies to some of the information requested because 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.