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The Ministry of Community and Social Services (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to records containing the names of all bargaining unit employees of the Ministry's Information Systems Branch (the ISB) as of July 1, 1995, as well as their unit, official classification, job title and effective start date in the Ontario Public Service.
The Ministry granted access to a list containing the names of all the employees in the ISB, along with their unit, classification and position/title. The Ministry denied access to information contained in the list relating to the employees start dates, claiming the application of the following exemption contained in the Act:
invasion of privacy - section 21
The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.
A Notice of Inquiry was provided to the Ministry and the appellant. Representations were received from both parties. In addition, the appellant requested that I refer to the information he had provided to this office during the course of the appeal.
After receiving the representations, the Appeals Officer determined that the record appeared to contain the personal information of the appellant. Accordingly, supplementary representations were sought from both parties regarding the possible application of section 49(b) of the Act. Additional representations were received from both parties. The Ministry indicates that it is willing to disclose the appellant's own personal information to him. This order will, accordingly, contain a provision for the disclosure of this information.
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