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November 20, 2024 - Renee Barrette, Analyst

Severing Email Records (updated)

My office released a blog in June of 2017 regarding the obligation under section 8 of The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP) and The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP) and section 38(2) of The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA) to release as much information... read more

Categories: BlogTags: education, processing access requests, severing

April 17, 2024 - Deepa Pawar, Analyst

Understanding “fees” with ease! (updated)

In my experience, an applicant is sometimes confused when they receive a fee estimate from a government institution pursuant to The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FOIP), or a local authority pursuant to The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP). For example, the applicant questions why... read more

Categories: BlogTags: control, education, PI, processing access requests

April 8, 2024 - Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner

Providing a Record in the Format Requested by the Applicant

Applicants often request records in a format which is convenient for their use i.e., paper, word spreadsheet, Excel or comma-separated values (CSV) or pdf. I find that public bodies are comfortable providing records in paper format but when it comes to electronic formats, they lean toward a pdf format. It appears they believe that the... read more

Categories: BlogTags: access, duty to assist, FOIP, LA FOIP, processing access requests