The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-023 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, (ATIPPA). 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-2020-023 |
| Report Date: | October 7, 2020 |
| Public Body: | College of the North Atlantic |
| Summary: | The College of the North Atlantic (“CNA”) received an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (“ATIPPA”) for all emails and attachments that reference the Applicant and Applicant’s Spouse from the email files of a CNA Employee. CNA disclosed some responsive records and withheld others citing sections 23 (disclosure harmful to intergovernmental relations or negotiations), 24 (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body), and 30 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy), and asserting that some portions of the records were not in the custody or under the control of CNA. A complaint was filed with this Office asking the Commissioner to review the redactions. The Commissioner determined that CNA had not properly applied redactions to portions of the records and that other portions are within the custody and control of CNA, recommending that CNA release additional records to the Applicant. |
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