The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-013 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-2023-013 |
| Report Date: | March 22, 2023 |
| Public Body: | Department of Environment and Climate Change |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request for all records submitted to the Department of Environment and Climate Change by the Town of Millertown between 2019 and 2022. The Department provided the Complainant with one document in response. The Complainant asserted that further responsive records must exist and that the search conducted by the Department did not comply with the requirements of section 13 of ATIPPA, 2015. The Commissioner found that the Department did conduct a reasonable search per section 13 but did not fully meet its duty to assist per sections 13 and 16 in that the response did not meet the timelines. The Commissioner further found that the Complainant was seeking records outside of the scope of the request and that the Department should maintain its position on the access request. |
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