The Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner, Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, has released her Report A-2024-047 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-2024-047 |
| Report Date: | October 18, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Memorial University |
| Summary: | Memorial University received an access request for certain email records sent by a senior University official. The University responded that the official had used his personal email account, not a University email account, and that a search had failed to locate any responsive records. The Complainant filed a complaint with our Office. The Commissioner concluded that the University had conducted a reasonable search for records, that the explanation for failing to locate any records was reasonable, and that there was insufficient evidence to conclude an offence had been committed. The Commissioner, however, recommended that the University create a clear and enforceable policy requiring all employees and officials to use a Memorial University email account, not a personal email account, for University business. |
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