Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
September 1, 2015

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner � Report A-2015-002 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2015-002 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-2015-002
Report Date:	August 27, 2015
Public Body:	Eastern Health
Summary:	The Applicant requested from Eastern Health a copy of the winning bid for Eastern Health Tender 2015-3858. Eastern Health was prepared to release the information requested, however a Third Party objected and filed a Request for Review with this Office. The Third Party claimed that the information must be withheld from the Applicant on the basis of section 39 (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party). With respect to section 39, the Commissioner found that the burden of proof under subsection 43(3) had not been met by the Third Party and recommended that the information be released.

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

2015 09 01                             10:20 a.m.