The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-025 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-2025-025 |
| Report Date: | May 28, 2025 |
| Public Body: | Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access request to the Newfoundland and Labrador Legal Aid Commission for records related to certain phone calls made in 2020. Legal Aid NL responded that responsive records no longer existed. The Complainant asserted that Legal Aid NL had failed to conduct a reasonable search, had misrepresented the telecom provider, had ignored inconsistencies in data retention policies, had failed to confirm whether call logs existed and had failed to transfer the request. The Commissioner found that Legal Aid NL had conducted a reasonable search for records and had responded appropriately to the access request. |
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