Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2023-015 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

March 29, 2023

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-015 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-2023-015
Report Date: March 28, 2023
Public Body: Town of Flatrock
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request to the Town of Flatrock for records containing advice from the Town Planner to the Town about the Complainant’s property. The Town provided responsive records, but withheld some information pursuant to section 29 (policy advice and recommendations) and section 30 (legal advice). The Complainant requested this Office review the Town’s decision to withhold this information. During the informal resolution process, the Town released an additional six pages of records to the Complainant that it had previously withheld under section 30. The Commissioner found that the Town had appropriately withheld the remaining records.

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