Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner –
Report A-2013-008 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2013-008 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-2013-008
Report Date:   May 17, 2013
Public Body:    Government Purchasing Agency

Summary:

The Applicant requested from the Government Purchasing Agency a copy of a bid submitted by a third party business in response to a particular tender for office supplies. The Government Purchasing Agency severed some information under sections 27(1)(c) (harm to the business interests of a third party) and 30 (personal information). The Applicant took no issue with the application of section 30 and it was not an issue for this Report. With respect to section 27, the Commissioner found that the burden of proof under section 64(1) had not been met by the Public Body and recommended that the information be released.

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Media contact:
Ed Ring
Information and Privacy Commissioner
709-729-6309

2013 05 17                       2:05 p.m.