Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
February 25, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
- Report A-2016-001 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2016-001 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

Summary: The Applicant requested from the Office of the Chief Information Officer ("OCIO") all documents resulting from a request for proposals. The OCIO released some information initially and was prepared to release the remaining information, however, a Third Party objected to the remaining information being disclosed and filed a complaint 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 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

2016 02 25                              10:40 a.m.