Tag: Exemptions not to apply

  • The Public Interest Override Doesn’t Apply to Excluded Records

    The Public Interest Override Doesn’t Apply to Excluded Records

    A recent decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario has attracted significant media attention. A requestor was seeking access to the monthly number of internal disciplinary measures applied to members of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Services Board.

  • The Public Interest Override

    The Public Interest Override

    “Exemptions Not To Apply” Both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom Of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) contain a special provision referred to as the “public interest override”. Appearing in FIPPA s. 23 and MFIPPA s. 16, this language of this provision is essentially the…