The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Phil Wall, has released his Report 2005-003 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. A summary of the report is included below.

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Report 2005-003
Report Date: June 6, 2005
Public Body: Department of Health and Community Services
Summary: A Third Party received written notice from the Department of Health and Community Services ("the Department") as per section 28 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA) advising the Third Party that a request had been received from an Applicant for access to records which, if disclosed, might affect the Third Party�s business interests as described in section 27 of the ATIPPA. The record in question is a successful bid submitted by the Third Party for the supply of services to a particular group of persons in the general public. The Third Party initially advised the Department that it did not wish any part of the records to be released, but later agreed to release a portion of the record. The Public Body severed material which it believed should be withheld under the ATIPPA, and advised the Third Party that it intended to release the remainder. The Third Party then filed a Request for Review with the Commissioner. In its formal written submission, the Third Party agreed to the release of some additional portions of the record, with the exception of eight items. The Commissioner found that the Department had severed the record appropriately.

Media contact: Sandy Hounsell, Executive Director, (709) 729-6309

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