The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-007 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 http://www.oipc.nl.ca/reports/commissioner.
| Report: | A-2020-007 |
| Report Date: | May 29, 2020 |
| Public Body: | Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation |
| Summary: | The Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation (the “Department”) received an access request for all records relating to the creation of a position for the Rooms and the decision to fill it with a specific individual. The Department provided records to the Complainant, however the Complainant indicated that they have reason to believe additional responsive records exist. The Commissioner found that the Department failed in its duty to assist under section 13 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015) by a combination of: by failing to advise the Complainant that the records likely to be of most interest would be in the custody of to the Rooms; narrowly interpreting the scope of the request; and by deleting a potentially responsive non-transitory record. |
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