The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-006 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-2023-006 |
| Report Date: | February 10, 2023 |
| Public Body: | Eastern Health |
| Summary: | The Applicant requested Operational Standards Compliance Reports completed by Eastern Health regarding the Third Party Complainant’s long-term care and personal care home for the years 2018-2020. The requested information included details of its non-compliance with the Personal Care Home Operational Standards. Eastern Health intended to release the information requested, but decided to notify the Third Party of this decision. The Third Party Complainant subsequently filed a complaint with this Office, claiming that the information must be withheld from the Applicant pursuant to section 39 (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party). The Commissioner found that the burden of proof under section 43(3) had not been met by the Third Party and recommended that the information be released. |
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