The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-032 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/reports/.
| Report: | A-2024-032 |
| Report Date: | July 4, 2024 |
| Public Body: | City of St. John’s |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request for the name of a City of St. John’s snow plow operator. The City denied access, claiming sections 33 (workplace investigation) and 40 (personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 and later claiming section 37 (disclosure harmful to individual or public safety) as well. The Commissioner found that section 33 did not apply to the information, that section 40 does not require the City to withhold the names of its employees, and that the City did not meet its evidentiary burden in its application of section 37. The Commissioner recommended that the City disclose the name of the Operator to the Complainant. |
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