Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
October 20, 2006Report 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.