Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2025-036 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

September 2, 2025

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2025-036 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act2015. 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-2025-036
Report Date: August 29, 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 with 13 specific record requests. Twelve of the 13 involved a request for metadata, with one request seeking information on a watching brief. The Department provided the information on the metadata and remained silent on the watching brief. Upon review of the information provided to the Complainant, this Office concluded that the Department did conduct a proper records search for the metadata information. With respect to the watching brief, there was some confusion between the parties regarding the nature of a watching brief. To provide clarity as to what records, if any, exist regarding the watching brief, this Office recommended that the Department conduct a search for responsive records related to the brief, advise the Complainant as to whether records exist or not, and if there are records, provide the Complainant with whatever information they are is entitled to receive under ATIPPA, 2015.

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