Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2020-002 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

January 27, 2020

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-002 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-2020-002
Report Date: January 20, 2020
Public Body: Memorial University
Summary: Memorial University (“Memorial”) received an access request for records relating to logs of domain activities involving a specific desktop computer for a specific period of time. Memorial provided records to the Applicant. The Complainant alleged that Memorial failed in its duty to assist under section 13 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015) by failing to conduct a reasonable search for records and by not responding in an open, accurate and complete manner. The Commissioner determined that Memorial had conducted a reasonable search for records and had responded appropriately to the Complainant.

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2020 01 27 2:30 pm