Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
June 28, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Report A-2016-010

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2016-010 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (2015). A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner

Summary:

The Applicant requested from the Department of Health and Community Services (the "Department") all records relating to complaints of bullying, harassment and a human rights complaint involving Central Health and the Department. The Department released a number of records but withheld information relying on sections 29 (policy advice or recommendations), 30 (legal advice), 38 (disclosure harmful to labour relations interests of public body as employer) and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Applicant filed a Complaint with this Office. It was found that the Department had performed a reasonable search for records and that the Department had applied all exceptions to disclosure properly in accordance with the ATIPPA, 2015.

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