About FindOut

What this site is, who built it, and why.

FindOut is a free public resource designed to make Scotland’s freedom of information rights more accessible. It is not affiliated with the Scottish Information Commissioner, the Scottish Government, or any other public authority.

The site is built and maintained by someone with experience of the FOI system who believes that the right to information is only meaningful if people understand how to use it.

Some parts of the site, such as the evidence summaries in the challenge tool, draw on analysis of published decisions of the Scottish Information Commissioner. That information is published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.