Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
April 29, 2010Office of the
Information and Privacy Commissioner — Report A-2010-004
Released
The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring,
has released his Report A-2010-004 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.nl.ca/accessreports.htm
Report:
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A-2010-004 |
Report Date: |
April 22, 2010 |
Public Body: |
Department of Justice |
Summary:
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The Applicant applied under
the Access to Information and
Protection of Privacy Act (the "ATIPPA")
for access to records held by the
Department of Justice (the "Department")
relating to a 1985 criminal trial. The
Department advised the Applicant that
the records in question (most of which
had been provided to the Applicant in
response to a previous informal request)
were now missing. Upon review the
Commissioner determined that the only
issue was whether the Department had
fulfilled its duty to assist the
Applicant, under section 9 of the ATIPPA, by conducting an adequate
search for the missing records. The
Commissioner concluded that the
Department had done everything that
could be reasonably expected of it to
locate the missing records and therefore
had fulfilled its duty to assist the
Applicant. Accordingly no recommendation
was made. |
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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2010 04 29 11:25 a.m.