Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2023-005 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

February 9, 2023

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-005 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-2023-005
Report Date: February 7, 2023
Public Body: Treasury Board Secretariat
Summary: The Applicant made a request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to the Treasury Board Secretariat for records relating to a complaint made against him and the subsequent investigation. Treasury Board Secretariat provided records to the Applicant, but withheld some information. The Applicant filed a complaint with this Office requesting a review of the decision to withhold some information pursuant to section 40(1) (disclosure harmful to personal privacy), specifically names of other employees and comments made about him. The Commissioner recommended that the Treasury Board Secretariat continue to withhold the information.

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