Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner –
Report A-2011-008 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2011-008 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-2011-008
Report Date:  May 5, 2011
Public Body:   Office of the Premier

Summary:

The Applicant submitted an access to information request to the Office of the Premier for records concerning a message left by the Applicant for the Premier. The Office of the Premier replied to the access request indicating that the message had been forwarded to the relevant department. In their reiteration of the Applicant’s request, the Office of the Premier inserted the term “(sic)”. This Office received a Request for Review which cited a failure of the duty to assist pursuant to section 9 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act which sought as a resolution a written explanation of “(sic)”. The Commissioner determined there had been no failure in the duty to assist by the Office of the Premier.

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

2011 05 11                                                                         11:55 a.m.