The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-019 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-2021-019 |
| Report Date: | May 4, 2021 |
| Public Body: | City of Mount Pearl |
| Summary: | The City of Mount Pearl (the “City”) received an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (“ATIPPA, 2015”) for records relating to a workplace investigation. That request was the subject of Report A-2020-013, in which the Commissioner recommended that the City obtain the records from the investigator and release all relevant records to the Applicant. Having now obtained the records, the City provided section 19 (third party notifications) notices to individuals whose personal information was included in the records. A number of those individuals filed complaints with this Office, requesting that their personal information not be released. The Commissioner concluded that due to the application of section 33, only personal information that was not relevant to the workplace investigation could be withheld. None of the third party complainants have met the burden of proof required to show that their information falls under section 40 and is not relevant to the investigation. Therefore the Commissioner recommended release of all of the information covered under the section 19 notices. |
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