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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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