The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-043 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-2024-043 |
| Report Date: | October 1, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Department of Justice and Public Safety |
| Summary: | The Complainant made a request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to the Department of Justice and Public Safety seeking a spreadsheet containing specific details on deaths that occurred between 2000 and 2024 in the Department, Police Custody, and Correctional Services institutions across the province and examined by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Department located a responsive record, but determined that much of the spreadsheet information fell under a mandatory exception to access at section 40 – disclosure harmful to personal privacy. It therefore provided the record disclosing some of the requested information while redacting the rest. The Complainant asked the Commissioner to review the redactions. The Commissioner found the Department was for the most part correct in applying redactions to the record, however, recommended it release some additional information as well. |
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