The Information and Privacy Commissioner, Michael Harvey, has released his Report A-2024-021 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/reports/.
| Report: | A-2024-021 |
| Report Date: | May 3, 2024 |
| Public Body: | Department of Industry, Energy, and Technology |
| Summary: | The Complainant made an access to information request to the Department of Industry, Energy, and Technology seeking access to records listed as appendices in an Environmental Indemnity Agreement from 2002. The Department conducted a search but could not locate the records. The Complainant asserted the documents existed and that the Department did not meet its duty to assist, pursuant to section 13(1) of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015. This Office found that the Department did meet its duty to assist the Complainant. While the Complainant did meet the standard needed to assert that the documents likely existed, the Department’s search was appropriate and thorough and its determination that the documents could not be found and may not exist was reasonable |
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