The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-001 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-2025-001 |
| Report Date: | January 17, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Royal Newfoundland Constabulary |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary for specific records that the Complainant had themselves created and provided to the RNC. The RNC refused to disclose the information, on the ground that it was excluded from the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 by the operation of section 5(1)(m) (expressing a suspicion of guilt of an identified person) and also on the ground that it was personal information contained in a law enforcement record, under section 40(4). The Commissioner concluded that the RNC failed to prove that section 5(1)(m) applied to the records, and that section 40(4) did not apply to information created and provided by the Complainant herself. The Commissioner therefore recommended that the records be disclosed. |
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