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June 28, 2010

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner  — Report A-2010-010 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2010-0010 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: A-2010-010
Report Date: June 16, 2010
Public Body: College of the North Atlantic

Summary: The Applicant applied to the College of the North Atlantic (the "College") under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the "ATIPPA") for access to records relied on by the College's external legal counsel or the College in making certain statements in correspondence sent to the Applicant's legal counsel. The Applicant alleged that the College had not conducted a proper search for the responsive records and had withheld responsive records. The Commissioner determined that the College had complied with its duty to assist under section 9, including conducting a reasonable search for the records responsive to the Applicant's request. The Commissioner concluded that there was no evidence that the College was withholding records responsive to the Applicant's request.

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

2010 06 28                     10:10 a.m.


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