The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2022-031 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-2022-031 |
| Report Date: | December 19, 2022 |
| Public Body: | Eastern Health |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to Eastern Health for information related to a contract between Eastern Health and a third party. Eastern Health withheld some information from the contract, relying on section 39 (Disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party) and section 35 (Disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body). The Complainant did not agree with the decision to withhold information and filed a complaint with this Office. The Commissioner found that Eastern Health had not met the standard to withhold information under section 39(1) but that the exceptions under section 35(1)(b) were properly applied. The Commissioner recommended that Eastern Health release information previously withheld under section 39(1) of ATIPPA, 2015 and continue to withhold any information to which section 35(1)(b) applied. |
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