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May 27, 2008

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner � Report A-2008-007 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2008-007 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/reports.htm

Report: A-2008-007
Report Date: May 23, 2008
Public Body: College of the North Atlantic

Summary: The Applicant applied under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "ATIPPA") for access to records relating to his employment with the College of the North Atlantic (the "College"). The College released some of the records responsive to the Applicant�s request but denied access to information contained in an e-mail exchange on the basis that it was subject to solicitor-client privilege and, therefore, covered by the exception set out in section 21(a). The Applicant argued that the information was not subject to solicitor-client privilege and, furthermore, any solicitor-client privilege that may have existed had been waived by the actions of the College. The Commissioner determined that the information in the e-mail exchange was subject to solicitor-client privilege and that the College had not waived its right to claim solicitor-client privilege. The Commissioner concluded that the College had met the onus imposed upon it by section 64(1) and had proven that the Applicant had no right of access to the information at issue.

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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

2008 05 27                                                      2:35 p.m.


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