Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2021-030 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

July 5, 2021

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-030 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-2021-030
Report Date: June 30, 2021
Public Body: Department of Digital Government and Service NL
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (“ATIPPA, 2015”) to the Department of Digital Government and Service NL (“DGSNL”) for records that would assist the Complainant in enforcing a Provincial Court of Newfoundland and Labrador small claims judgment in his favour. DGSNL refused to provide the requested records citing sections 173.1 and 174 of the Highway Traffic Act and section 40 of ATIPPA, 2015 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy). The Commissioner determined that section 40 applied to the records and recommended that DGSNL continue to withhold them.

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2021 07 05 3:45 pm