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November 24, 2005
(Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner)
The Information and Privacy
Commissioner, Phil Wall, has released his Report 2005-007 under
authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy
Act. A summary of the report is included below.
To view the report in its entirety
please go to
//www.oipc.gov.nl.ca/
Report 2005-007
Report Date: November 22,
2005
Public Body:
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat
Summary: The applicant
applied under the Access to Information and Protection of
Privacy Act (ATIPPA) for access to a series of
video tapes produced by Newfoundland and Labrador�s Royal
Commission on Renewing and Strengthening Our Place in Canada
(the Royal Commission). Intergovernmental Affairs
Secretariat (IGA) denied access to these tapes, claiming
that a significant portion of the tapes contained personal
information as defined by the ATIPPA and was
protected under section 30(1). They did, however, offer to
provide a transcript of the tapes with the personal
information appropriately severed. The applicant argued that
the information should not be considered personal
information and, in any event, should not be protected
because the Royal Commission was established under the
Public Inquiries Act and all information associated with
it should be publicly available. The commissioner found that
the records at issue are subject to the ATIPPA and he
agreed with IGA that much of the information in the records
is personal information and is protected by section 30(1) of
the ATIPPA.
Media contact: Sandy Hounsell,
Executive Director, (709) 729-6309
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