Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
February 12, 2013

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2013-002 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2013-002 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. 

Report: A-2013-002
Report Date: January 30, 2013
Public Body: Department of Justice

Summary:

The applicant requested from the Department of Justice information pertaining to a wildlife investigation that took place in Labrador in September 2009. The department provided partial access to the records requested, severing certain information under the exceptions to disclosure set out in sections 21 (legal advice) and 30 (personal information) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”). The applicant accepted the severing but felt that additional records should exist. The commissioner found that the department had conducted an adequate search for the records as required by section 9 (duty to assist) of the ATIPPA.

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Media contact:

Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

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