Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2023-001 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

January 26, 2023

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-001 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-2023-001
Report Date: January 25, 2023
Public Body: Town of Musgrave Harbour
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request to the Town of Musgrave Harbour, seeking a copy of an investigation report. The Town responded that it did not have the report and the Complainant filed a complaint with our Office. The Commissioner found that the report’s author had provided the report to legal counsel for the Town and the report was therefore under the control of the Town. The Commissioner recommended that the Town obtain the report from its counsel and provide it to the Complainant, less any applicable exceptions.

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