Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2023-004 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

February 6, 2023

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-004 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-2023-004
Report Date: February 2, 2023
Public Body: Department of Health and Community Services
Summary: The Complainant made several access to information requests to the Department of Health and Community Services under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Department did not respond to the requests within the time frame set out at section 16 of the Act and was therefore deemed to have refused access to the requested information. The Complainant asked the Commissioner to investigate these deemed refusals. The Commissioner recommended that the Department release the records responsive to the Complainant’s five requests within ten business days.

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