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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

2005 11 24                                         10:35 a.m.


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