When processing an FOI request for access to personal information, can the institution use FIPPA s.21(1) / MFIPPA s.14(1) to exempt third party personal information from disclosure?
The short answer is “no”, but the slightly longer answer is, “not exactly”.
Today’s article is intended to provide an overview of the similarities and differences between general records requests and access to personal information requests.
Provincial and municipal institutions in Ontario are permitted 30 days to respond to access requests. But does the same deadline apply to correction requests?
Up to this point I’ve written many articles on the “finer points” of responding to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. But today I would like to present an article addressed to all of those people who are just starting out as an FOI professional – who might appreciate
In Ontario, both the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA) contain special provisions regarding labour and employment information which often have the effect of giving institutions the option (or in some cases, an obligation) to refuse to disclose such information to requestors.
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