Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
April 19, 2011
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
– Report A-2011-007 Released
The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his
Report A-2011-007 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-2011-007
Report Date: April 12, 2011
Public Body: Atlantic Lottery Corporation
Summary:
The Applicant applied to Atlantic Lottery Corporation (“ALC”) under the
Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”)
for access to PAR (Pay Analysis Report) sheets from several video lottery
games no longer on the market in Newfoundland and Labrador. ALC denied
access to the PAR sheet information, claiming section 27 (harm to business
interests of a third party), and section 30 (personal information). The
Applicant did not take issue with the severing of information pursuant to
section 30. The Commissioner found that all three parts of the test set out
in section 27 were met. The information in the PAR sheets consists of
technical information which was supplied in confidence. The Commissioner
stated that the third party had provided detailed and convincing evidence of
the harm that would result from the disclosure of PAR sheet information,
even for games that were no longer on the market. As the Commissioner found
that section 27 was applicable to relevant PAR sheet information for games
no longer on the market, no recommendations were made.
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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309
2011 04 19
12:20 p.m.