Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
December 4, 2013

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2013-020 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2013-020 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-2013-020
Report Date:	November 29, 2013
Public Body:	College of the North Atlantic

Summary:

The Applicant applied to the College of the North Atlantic (“the College”) under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”) for access to records containing his personal information. The Applicant questioned the methodology of the search because a certain document, which was provided under a later access request, was not included in the responsive records in this request, even though that record should have been responsive to both access requests. The Commissioner determined that the College improperly applied section 13 when conducting the search and erred when it failed to provide the records to this Office. However, as the College has since changed its policy on the use of section 13, the Commissioner had no recommendations to make.

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

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