The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2022-020 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-2022-020 |
| Report Date: | September 23, 2022 |
| Public Body: | Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health |
| Summary: | The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health information received an access to information request for emails related to the 2021 cyber attack. The Centre released three pages of records and withheld 208 pages, claiming sections 29 (policy advice and recommendations), and 30 (legal advice). The Complainant argued that there was sufficient public interest to engage section 9 (public interest override). The Commissioner considered the application of section 30 and determined that the Centre had met the burden of establishing that the exception applied. However, the Commissioner was unable to determine whether the public interest override in section 9 applies to the records. Nonetheless, the Commissioner recommended continued withholding. |
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