Archive (Tag: emails)
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As public bodies have gone to doing the majority of their communicating by email, access requests for records of emails have increased. I expect such requests will continue. If the access request is for recent records (emails) an employee can perform a search in Outlook (or other email program) and very quickly locate the emails... read more
Lost in the Shuffle: Ensuring Information is Accessible After a Government Re-organization
Recently, the Information and Privacy Commissioner has issued Review Report 178-2016. This report addresses a situation where the Applicant requested e-mails from an area of government that had recently been shuffled in a government re-organization. The new Ministry provided the Applicant with a fee estimate. The e-mails had not been properly archived when transferred to... read more