The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-005 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-2025-005 |
| Report Date: | February 3, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture |
| Summary: | Following a previous complaint about the reasonableness of the public body’s search for records, the Complainant received additional responsive records from the Department, which withheld some information based on sections 29 (policy advice and recommendations) and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Commissioner concluded most the Department’s redactions in relation to sections 29 and 40 were appropriate and recommended the Department continue to withhold that information. However, the Commissioner concluded that the application of section 40 to a statement in one email record was incorrect and that information should be disclosed to the Complainant. Both the Complainant and Department made late submissions, arguing the applicability of sections 33(3) and 37(1)(a), respectively, however the Commissioner concluded neither of these sections are applicable to the responsive records. |
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