Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
December 19, 2016

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner � Report A-2016-030 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Donovan Molloy, has released his Report A-2016-030 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 Applicant requested detailed information regarding all consultants used by the Department of Health and Community Services (the �Department�) between December 2015 and August 2016. The requested information included the name of the consultant, the amount of the contract, the schedule of payments and the scope of the work. The Department was prepared to release the information requested, however, a Third Party filed a complaint with this Office, claiming 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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Media contact:

Donovan Molloy, Q.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner 709-729-6309

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