The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-014 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-2025-014 |
| Report Date: | March 12, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Department of Justice and Public Safety |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request to the Department of Justice and Public Safety for user manuals for the Department’s records management system, for policies on transitory records, and for records generated in the process of responding to a previous access request. The Department withheld some information, citing the exceptions to access at sections 30 (legal advice), 31(1)(l) (revealing arrangements for the security of a system), and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. The Complainant claimed that the Department had failed to conduct a reasonable search for records and had misapplied the exceptions to access. This Office found the Department had conducted a reasonable search and had appropriately applied the claimed exceptions, and recommended the Department continue to withhold the redacted information. |
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