Report 2007-011

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Phil Wall, has released his Report 2007-011 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:         2007-011
Report Date: August 14, 2007
Public Body: College of the North Atlantic

Summary:

The Applicant applied to the College of the North Atlantic ("CNA") for access to certain e-mail records. CNA responded by disclosing some records, and withholding or severing others under sections 20, 21, 22, 24, 27 and 30 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "ATIPPA"). The Applicant then asked the Commissioner to review the decision of CNA to withhold some of the requested information. During informal resolution efforts, CNA agreed to release all additional records which were proposed for release by the Commissioner�s Office. After these additional records were released to the Applicant, the Applicant decided not to resolve the matter informally and asked the Commissioner to proceed with a Report. The Applicant indicated in her formal submission to the Commissioner that she wished the Commissioner to complete a Report on this matter due to her suspicion that CNA may not have responded accurately and completely to her request. The Commissioner determined that there was no evidence that CNA did not respond accurately and completely to the Applicant�s request. Furthermore, the Commissioner determined that CNA had released all of the records to which the Applicant was entitled, and he therefore declined to issue a recommendation.

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

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