Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
March 1, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Report A-2016-002 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2016-002 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

Summary: The Applicant requested from Eastern Health details of a contract which resulted from a request for proposals. Eastern Health was prepared to release the information requested, however a Third Party objected 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). 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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Ed Ring Information and Privacy Commissioner 709-729-6309

2016 03 01                              10:40 a.m.