The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-021 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-2025-021 |
| Report Date: | May 5, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Town of Torbay |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request to the Town of Torbay for records related to Code of Conduct complaints or investigations involving the Mayor or members of Council between September 2022 and December 2024. The Town withheld the responsive records citing several provisions including sections 29(1)(a) (policy advice or recommendations), 33(2) (information from a workplace investigation), 35(1)(g) (disclosure harmful to the financial or economic interests of a public body), and 40(1) (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. On review the Commissioner concluded that sections 33(2) and 35(1)(g) were not applicable, but section 29(1)(a) and 40 applied to some of the information in the records. The Commissioner therefore recommended that the Town continue to withhold some information under sections 29(1)(a) and section 40 and disclose the remainder. |
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