Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner – Report A-2026-001 Released

  • Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner

January 26, 2026

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner has released Report A-2026-001 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-2026-001
Report Date: January 23, 2026
Public Body: Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
Summary: The Complainant made an access request for a list of lawyers, by name, with billing information. NL Hydro responded that it had no such record. The Commissioner found that invoices are received from and paid to law firms, not individual lawyers, and that NL Hydro’s response was reasonable.

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