The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-010 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-2020-010 |
| Report Date: | July 31, 2020 |
| Public Body: | Department of Transportation and Works |
| Summary: | The Complainant requested records from the Department of Transportation and Works relating to a Request for Proposal. The Department withheld some records pursuant to section 29, section 31, section 35, section 37, and section 40. The Complainant filed a complaint with this Office, alleging that the Department had inappropriately applied some of the exceptions to disclosure and also failed to produce all the records responsive to the request. During informal resolution efforts, the Department provided all records previously withheld under section 35 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015) to the Complainant. The issue of section 40 was also resolved informally. The Commissioner found that the Department had appropriately applied sections 29 and 37, that it was not necessary to assess the application of section 31, and that the Department had conducted a reasonable search for records in accordance with section 13 of ATIPPA, 2015. The Commissioner recommended that the Department continue to withhold the records. |
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