Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2022-029 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

December 6, 2022

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2022-029 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-2022-029
Report Date: December 2, 2022
Public Body: Serious Incident Response Team
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to the Serious Incident Response Team for records relating to investigations into allegations against the Complainant. The public body provided the Complainant with the responsive records with some information withheld under section 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy). The Complainant did not agree with the decision to withhold information and filed a complaint with this Office. The public body released some additional information over the course of the investigation, and the Commissioner reviewed the remaining withheld information and found that it was appropriate for the public body to continue to withhold it in accordance with section 40.

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