The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2021-010 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-2021-010 |
| Report Date: | February 18, 2021 |
| Public Body: | Memorial University |
| Summary: | The Complainant submitted an access to information request to Memorial University respecting an application to disregard a previous request made by the Complainant. The Complainant was granted partial access to the records with redactions made under section 29(1)(a) (policy advice or recommendations), section 30(1)(a) (legal advice), section 39(1) (disclosure harmful to business interests of a third party), section 41(c) (disclosure of House of Assembly service and statutory office records), and section 40(1) (disclosure harmful to personal privacy). During informal resolution efforts, the University agreed to release some of the information withheld under section 29(1)(a) and all of the information previously withheld under section 40(1). The Commissioner concluded that the remaining redactions were properly applied. However, the Commissioner also concluded that the University should have applied section 41(c) in conjunction with section 29(1)(a) in some instances. The Commissioner recommended that the University continue to withhold the remaining redacted material. |
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