Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
October 20, 2006

Report 2006 0014 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Phil Wall, has released his Report 2006-0014 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 2006-0014

Report Date: October 17, 2006

Public Body: College of the North Atlantic

Summary: The applicant applied to the College of the North Atlantic ("CNA" or the "College") for all records comprised of communications to or from five individuals employed by CNA containing references to the Applicant�s name within a specified time period. The college denied access to all records responsive to the applicant�s request, relying on sections 5(1)(b), 13, 22(1)(h) and (p) and 30 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The applicant subsequently filed a Request for Review with this office. During informal resolution efforts, the college decided to release a number of records to the applicant, including all of the records for which section 13 had been claimed, but overall those efforts were unsuccessful in resolving the matter. The commissioner determined that sections 5(1)(b) and 22(1)(h) and (p) did not apply to the records as CNA had claimed, with the exception of a few brief excerpts of the record which the Commissioner determined can be withheld under section 22(1)(p). The Commissioner also determined that CNA had correctly applied section 30, although some additional personal information was recommended by the commissioner for severance. As a result, the commissioner recommended that all the material which CNA had withheld under sections 5(1)(b) and 22(1)(h) and the vast majority of the material withheld under section 22(1)(p) be released, however he also recommended that additional information be withheld under section 30 above and beyond what had been claimed by CNA.

Media contact:
Sandy Hounsell
Executive Director
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

2006 10 20                                        10:30 a.m.


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