The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-002 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-2021-002 |
| Report Date: | January 13, 2021 |
| Public Body: | Municipal Assessment Agency |
| Summary: | The Municipal Assessment Agency (“MAA”) received an access to information request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015, (“ATIPPA, 2015” or “the Act”) for information regarding four properties. MAA provided the Complainant with a package of documents. Some information in the documents was redacted per sections 39(2) (information that was obtained on a tax return) and 40(4)(d) (personal information gathered for the purpose of collecting a tax) of the Act. The Complainant made a complaint to this Office requesting that they be provided with the unredacted records. The Commissioner found that the exceptions in sections 39(2) and 40(4)(d) had been properly applied and recommended that the Agency continue to withhold the information. |
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