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.