P-722

This is an appeal under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act). The Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Recreation (the Ministry) received a request for access to the scores awarded to four candidates by each of three interviewers in a job competition in which the appellant was an unsuccessful candidate.

The Ministry denied access to the individual scores awarded to the other three candidates and their names, relying on the following exemption:

invasion of privacy - section 21(1).

During the mediation of the appeal, the appellant indicated that she was not interested in obtaining the names of the other candidates, only their scores.

A Notice of Inquiry was provided to the parties to the appeal. Representations were received from the appellant, the Ministry and two of the three other candidates. One candidate consented to the release of his/her scores. Consequently, I order the Ministry to disclose to the appellant a copy of the scores awarded to the candidate who has consented to the release of this information.

The record at issue, therefore, consists of the scores awarded to the two remaining candidates.

• FIPPA
• 2(1) personal information
• 21(1)(f)
• 21(3)(g)

• job competition scores