The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-034 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-2024-034 |
| Report Date: | July 12, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Department of Digital Government and Service NL |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request to the Department of Digital Government and Service NL for a report issued by the Department’s Occupational Health and Safety division regarding a workplace accident involving the Complainant. The Department provided the report to the Complainant but withheld the statements and names of the witnesses used in the report, citing section 31(1)(d), confidential sources, and section 40(1), personal information. The Complainant asserted that because the report was regarding their accident, all information should be released. The Commissioner agreed with the Department, noting that the information provided to the OHS investigators was given under an expectation of confidentiality and that the release of the witness statements would reveal the identities of the witnesses. The Commissioner further agreed that the Department had properly applied section 40(1) to the record. |
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