The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-028 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 https://www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/reports/.
| Report: | A-2024-028 |
| Report Date: | June 20, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Royal Newfoundland Constabulary |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (RNC) for the full police file for a motor vehicle collision in which the Complainant had been involved. The RNC provided its file, but some information was withheld pursuant to sections 31 (law enforcement) and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015). The RNC also withheld a vehicle collision report prepared by the investigating officer on the grounds that access to that record is governed by the Highway Traffic Act. The Commissioner found that as third party personal information had been previously disclosed to the Complainant through a process under the Highway Traffic Act, then it would not be an unreasonable invasion of personal privacy to provide that same information in response to an access to information request. The Commissioner also recommended that the RNC disclose information previously withheld under section 31 of ATIPPA, 2015. |
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