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PO-3050

Document		PO-3050


File #		PA10-390


Institution/HIC		Carleton University


Summary		The appellant sought records, including emails, held by Carleton University’s Department of Law. The appellant questioned the search performed by the university for responsive records. The university took the position that emails deleted by a particular professor were beyond the scope of the appellant’s request. This order finds the deleted emails were within the scope of the appellant’s request and that, as a result, an adequate search for responsive records had not been performed. However, the adjudicator found that in general, an access request for emails does not require a routine search of backup tapes for deleted emails unless there is a reason to assume that responsive records may have been deleted or lost.


Legislation		FIPPA


Signed by		Brian Beamish


Published		Feb 09, 2012


Type		Order


Orders and Reports Considered		P-880 MO-1406


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