The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2020-029 under authority of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015, (ATIPPA, 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-2020-029 |
| Report Date: | December 11, 2020 |
| Public Body: | Department of Health and Community Services |
| Summary: | The Department of Health and Community Services (HCS) received an access to information request which sought contracts and other documents related to the 811 HealthLine service. HCS released most records to the Applicant, advising that approximately a third of the records were withheld per sections 27(cabinet confidences), 29 (policy advice), 30 (legal advice), 31 (harmful disclosure to law enforcement), 35 (disclosure harmful to the financial interests of a public body), 39 (disclosure harmful to the financial interests of a third party), and 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 (ATIPPA, 2015). HCS gave notice subject to section 19(1) to the Third Party that it intended to disclose information that might contain information that might be exempted under section 39. Despite consultations with HCS, the issue could not be resolved. The Third Party filed a complaint with this Office, advising that it objected to the release of a table that would release the “Costs per Call.” The Third Party Complainant argued that the records were supplied in confidence to the HCS. The Commissioner determined the Third Party did not meet the three-part test under section 39 and recommended the release of the records. |
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