Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2012-011 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2012-011 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-2012-011
Report Date: November 20, 2012
Public Body: College of the North Atlantic

Summary:

The Applicant applied under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“the ATIPPA”) to the College of the North Atlantic (the “College” or “CNA”) for access to records relating to the Vacation Leave Payout of a named individual. The College granted access to all responsive records, however, certain information was severed from those records pursuant to section 30 of the ATIPPA (disclosure of personal information). The College also claimed that no provisions of section 30(2) would negate the mandatory exception contained in section 30(1). The Commissioner determined that the College had properly applied section 30 in a majority of the instances; however, it had not met the burden of proof and had failed to establish that section 30(2)(f) did not apply to a small amount of information which had been redacted. Consequently, the Commissioner recommended the release of this information.

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

2012 11 30                          3:50 p.m.