Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
February 2, 2011

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2011-001 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2011-001 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-2011-001
Report Date: January 26, 2011
Public Body: Department of Environment and Conservation

Summary:

The Applicant applied to the Department of Environment and Conservation (the “Department”) under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”) for access to information relating to a specific application for Crown land and the relevant Crown land. The Department granted access to the records in part, severing portions of the records pursuant to section 30(1) (disclosure of personal information) of the ATIPPA. During the informal resolution process the Department provided additional information to the Applicant. The Commissioner determined that the Department provided all responsive records to the Applicant; however, certain information which was severed pursuant to section 30(1) is publicly available at the Registry of Crown Titles (the “Registry”). Therefore, this information should not have been severed and the Applicant should have been informed of the Registry procedure for obtaining access to this publicly available information. Consequently, the Commissioner recommended that the Department release this information to the Applicant.

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

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