Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2014-005 Released
The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2014-005 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-2014-005 |
Report Date: | February 17, 2014 |
Public Body: | College of the North Atlantic |
Summary: | The Applicant requested from the College of the North Atlantic (the “College” or “CNA”) records relating to the personal information of the Applicant held in the email accounts of certain individuals. The College released the records in part and withheld certain information from disclosure pursuant to sections 13 (repetitive or incomprehensible request), section 20(1)(a) and (b) (policy advice or recommendations), section 21(a) (legal advice), section 24 (1)(a)-(e) (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body) and section 30 (disclosure of personal information) of the ATIPPA. All information withheld pursuant to section 13 was released in advance of this Report and there was, in fact, no information withheld pursuant to section 20(1)(b). The Commissioner found section 20(1)(a), section 21(a) and section 30(1) had been properly applied in some instances but that there was also information improperly withheld under these sections. Consequently, the Commissioner recommended the release of this information. Furthermore, the Commissioner determined that section 24 was claimed generically, without any specific subsection cited, and was always claimed in conjunction with another section to withhold information. The Commissioner found that section 24 was inapplicable to the records. Consequently the Commissioner recommended the release of all information withheld pursuant to section 24 unless another section claimed in conjunction with section 24 was applicable. |
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