Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner
May 6, 2014

Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2014-007 Released

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ed Ring, has released his Report A-2014-007 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-2014-007
Report Date: April 29, 2014
Public Body: Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation

Summary: The Applicant made two access requests to the Department of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (the “Department”) under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the “ATIPPA”) for access to records relating to big game hunting activities in three specific areas of Labrador and the 2004 tender and/or sale of three hunting and fishing lodges, including the disposition of any non-resident big game licenses connected to any of these lodges. The Department released the responsive records to the Applicant in part with portions severed in accordance with several exceptions under the ATIPPA. The Applicant filed one Request for Review with this Office (regarding both access requests) in which the main issue was not the redactions but instead the adequacy of the search. In his Report, the Commissioner found that the Department had complied with the duty to assist pursuant to section 9 of the ATIPPA by performing a reasonable search for the responsive records and responding to the access request in an open, accurate and complete manner. The Commissioner made no recommendations.

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

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