The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-024 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-2021-024 |
| Report Date: | June 1, 2021 |
| Public Body: | Department of Health and Community Services |
| Summary: | The Department of Health and Community Services (the “Department”) received an access to information request for information associated with the Applicant’s personal file and that of the Applicant’s child. The Department provided some information but withheld portions of the child’s file, citing section 40 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy). The Commissioner concluded that the Department properly withheld the personal information in accordance with section 40 and this information should continue to be withheld from disclosure. |
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