The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2024-004 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-2024-004 |
| Report Date: | January 24, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Department of Justice and Public Safety |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request to the Department of Justice and Public Safety for records relating to proposed amendments to ATIPPA, 2015. The Department responded by providing several hundred pages of responsive records, but withheld over 2,500 pages using the cabinet confidences exception as justification and cited sections 29, 30, 31, 34, 35, and 40 to support various redactions throughout the provided records. In response, the Complainant filed a complaint with this Office alleging the Department applied the exceptions invalidly and failed to meet its duty to assist. In its response to this Office, the Department withheld some information within the cabinet records from this Office, stating it would create a conflict of interest as we are an advocate on the issues related to ATIPPA, 2015. After review of the submissions and responsive records, the Commissioner concluded the Department met its burden of proving its claim of cabinet confidences, but recommended release of some information withheld pursuant to sections 29 and 35. |
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