Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
July 27, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner - Report A-2016-016

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Donovan Molloy, Q.C., has released his Report A-2016-016 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/reports/commissioner

Summary:

The Government Purchasing Agency ("GPA") received access requests seeking disclosure of tender bids. The GPA was prepared to release the information, however, a Third Party objected to the information being disclosed and filed complaints with this Office. The Third Party questioned the GPA's use of section 19(5) and also claimed that the information must be withheld on the basis of section 39 (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party). With respect to section 19(5), the Commissioner found that the GPA had provided adequate reasons. 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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