Scottish Enterprise correspondence relating to Amnesty International and due diligence policy: FOI release

Information requested

• Correspondence between Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government mentioning or relating to Scottish Enterprise’s “customer due diligence procedure (human rights)” from November 1, 2023 to today (February 14, 2023)
• Correspondence between Scottish Enterprise and the Scottish Government mentioning or relating to Amnesty International from November 1, 2023 to today (February 14, 2023)"

Response

All relevant correspondence held by the Scottish Government is included as an attachment to this reply.

An exemption under section 32(1)(a)(iii) (interests of the UK abroad) of FOISA applies to some the information you have requested as is it is information which would, or would be likely to, prejudice substantially the interests of the UK abroad. This exemption is 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. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption.

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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