The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2024-011 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-2024-011 |
| Report Date: | March 19, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Royal Newfoundland Constabulary |
| Summary: | The Complainant made a request under the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary for the contents of an RNC investigation file. The RNC provided the records, with some information redacted claiming section 30 (legal advice), section 31 (disclosure harmful to law enforcement) and section 40 (disclosure harmful to personal privacy). The Complainant filed a complaint with our Office. The Commissioner found that the RNC had conducted a reasonable search, had reasonably refused to allow the Complainant to view part of the record in person, and had properly withheld some of the information under sections 30 and 31. However, the Commissioner disagreed that section 31 or section 40 applied to other redacted passages, and declined to consider the applicability of other exceptions that were claimed by the RNC late in the investigation process. The Commissioner recommended that the RNC continue to withhold some of the redacted information, but disclose the remainder to the Complainant. |
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