Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2019-003 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

January 16, 2019

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Donovan Molloy, has released his Report A-2019-003 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. A summary of the Report is included below.

To view the Report in its entirety, please go to www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner

Report: A-2019-003
Report Date: January 15, 2019
Public Body: Town of Gander
Summary: The Town of Gander received an access to information request for all emails sent and received by a Town Councillor. The Town sought and obtained an extension from this Office. The Town failed to provide a final response to the Applicant and refused to cooperate with this Office during the investigation. The Commissioner concluded that the Town failed to comply with sections 13, 16, 44(2) and 97(4) the ATIPPA, 2015 and recommended that it take action to provide the Applicant with a response to the access request

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