Summary details of any communication and contracts between the Foreign Office and Cambridge Analytica/SCL Group since 2016
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
I understand that Cambridge Analytica and/or their parent group SCL Group/SCL Elements had various communication and contracts with the UK Government, including at least one with the Foreign Office.
Please disclose to me;
1. Summary details of all communications and contracts - including emails, cables, and private correspondence - between the Foreign Office and Cambridge Analytica/SCL Group relating to Latin America since 2016;
2. The purpose of & contract agreement between the Foreign Office and Cambridge
Analytica/SCL Group since 2016 in Latin America;
3. The amount of money paid in each case;
4. Detailed minutes from each meeting;
5. Any resulting documentation/report(s).
Yours faithfully,
Kevin McEvoy
Dear Kevin,
Thank you for your email to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In
order for us to assist you with your request and best direct any search
please could you refine the scope of your request. As currently drafted
your request is too broad and burdensome under the FOIA and we would be
unable to proceed with it.
In the first instance would it be possible for you to refine your request
to one particular year of your choosing? To help focus your request
further we also recommend that you specify the subject matter and/or a
Latin country for the correspondence you are seeking?
Once we receive your revised request we will consider it and the
appropriate course of action.
We should note that if we do not hear back from you within 10 working days
we will close your FOI enquiry. You may resubmit a new FOI request via
this inbox anytime.
Yours sincerely
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),
I'd like to request all the same information, but relating to Brazil during both 2016 and 2018. If that is still too wide, I'd like to request all the same information, but relating to Brazil during 2018.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin
Our ref: FOI2020/00017
Dear Kevin,
Thank you for your FOI request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
It has been assigned a unique reference number (above) and has been passed
to the relevant section within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal
with. They will be in touch with you should your request need
clarification.
We received your request on 8th January and will aim to respond within 20
working days following date of receipt. We will therefore reply at the
latest by 5th February.
Please quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Kevin,
I am writing in response to your Freedom of Information request
FOI2020/00017, received 8th January. Please find attached our response.
Yours sincerely,
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Does this relate to both 2016 and 2018 or just 2018?
Yours faithfully,
Kevin
Dear Mr Kevin
Thank you for your email regarding your Freedom of information request FOI2020/00017.
The response you have received does cover 2016 and 2018.
Yours sincerely
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear FOI-DPA PMCS (Sensitive),
Since I've been made aware of communication between the FO in Brazil and Cambridge Analytica's Brittany Kaiser during 2016, I'd like to request an internal review. Have all communications between the FO in Brazil and Cambridge Analytica (including its parent company SCL group) during 2016 and 2018 been deleted?
Yours sincerely,
Kevin
Dear Kevin,
Thank you for your request for an internal review of our response to your
FOI Request Ref FOI2020/00017. It has been passed to the relevant
department within the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to deal with and
they will respond to you with the outcome of the review.
We received your request on 6th February and will aim to respond within 20
working days 5th March.
Yours sincerely
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Dear Kevin,
I am writing in response to your internal review request IR2020/00504,
received 6th February. Please find attached our response.
Yours sincerely,
Central FOI Unit
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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