Office of the Information and Privacy
Commissioner
October 6, 2010
Office of the
Information and Privacy Commissioner — Report A-2010-013 Released
The Information and Privacy Commissioner,
Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2010-013 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-2010-013
Report Date: October 6, 2010
Public Body: Department of Health and Community Services
Summary: The Applicant made two separate
applications under the
Access to Information and Protection of
Privacy Act
(the "ATIPPA") to the Department of Health and
Community Services (the "Department") for access to records relating to
an air ambulance report and a series of ministerial briefing notes. In
both cases, the Department did not respond to the Applicant's request
within the 30 day time limit specified in section 11(1) of the ATIPPA.
Although the Department offered an explanation for the delay in
responding to the Applicant's access requests, it did not claim a time
extension under section 11(1)(a), (b) or (c). The Commissioner found
that the Department failed to fulfill its duty to respond to the
Applicant's requests within 30 days of their receipt. The Commissioner
also found that both the Department's delay in responding to the
Applicant's access requests and its failure to communicate the delay to
the Applicant constitute failures to fulfill the Department's duty to
assist the Applicant under section 9 of the ATIPPA.
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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2010 10 06
2:25 p.m.
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