Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2023-042 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

October 26, 2023

The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2023-042 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-2023-042
Report Date: October 25, 2023
Public Body: ArtsNL
Summary: The Complainant made an access to information request to ArtsNL for the names of the peer assessors linked to each specific grant category for the Spring and Fall 2022 granting sessions. ArtsNL responded by denying the Complainant access to the information, citing sections 32(a) and 40(1) of ATIPPA, 2015 as justification. In response, the Complainant filed a complaint with this Office. After reviewing submissions from both parties, the Commissioner disagreed that the exceptions to access applied to the requested information and recommended ArtsNL disclose the information to the Complainant.

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