Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner � Report A-2009-010 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2009-010 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: A-2009-010
Report Date: September 22, 2009
Public Body: Memorial University

Summary: The Applicant, Dr. R.K.L. Panjabi, applied to Memorial University (�Memorial�) under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the �ATIPPA�) for access to all e-mails, notes, tapes and electronic communications sent to or received by [named professor] from the time he assumed [position title] until 16 January 2008 in which Dr. Panjabi was referenced or discussed in any way or context. Memorial provided information to Dr. Panjabi redacting portions of the record in accordance with sections 20 (advice and recommendation), 21(legal advice) and 30 (personal information) of the ATIPPA. The Commissioner determined that section 21 was applicable to some of the information for which it was claimed, however, he refused to consider Memorial�s late claim of section 21 with respect to other material. It was also determined that sections 20 and 30 were not applicable to some of the information for which they were claimed. Therefore, the Commissioner recommended that this information be released. The Commissioner also commented on the exercise of discretion by a public body, and determined that Memorial had exercised discretion correctly in this case.

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

2009 09 24                             9:05 a.m.