Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
April 6, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner � Report A-2016-004 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2016-004 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 made two access to information requests to Memorial University
                 of Newfoundland. The first request included a list of all items purchased from a
                 Third Party (commonly referred to as a usage report) for the calendar year 2013
                 which was used in the preparation of tender TFS-020-014 for office supplies.
                 The second request was for a list of all items purchased from the same Third
                 Party (a usage report) for the calendar year 2014. Memorial intended to release
                 the records, however, a Third Party objected to the information being disclosed
                 and filed two Requests for Review with this Office. The records could only be
                 withheld on the basis of section 27 (business interests of a third party) and the
                 Commissioner found that the burden of proof had not been met by the Third
                 Party and recommended release of the information.

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Media contact:

Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

2016 04 06                              11:25 a.m.