The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-008 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/commissioner.
| Report: | A-2020-008 |
| Report Date: | July 10, 2020 |
| Public Body: | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| Summary: | The Complainant requested records from Memorial University of Newfoundland (“Memorial”) relating to the production of certain e-mail messages. Memorial withheld some records on the basis of section 30 (solicitor-client privilege), section 39 (business interests of a third party) and section 40 (personal privacy). The Complainant filed a complaint with this Office, alleging that Memorial had wrongly applied the exceptions to disclosure and had failed in its duty to conduct a reasonable search for records and to respond to the Complainant in an open, accurate and compete manner under section 13 of the Act. The Commissioner found that Memorial had properly applied the section 30 exception to the records; that it was not necessary to assess the application of sections 39 and 40; and that Memorial had fulfilled its duty under section 13 of the Act. The Commissioner therefore recommended that Memorial continue to withhold the records. |
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