P-523

The Ministry of Health (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to the names and addresses of attendees and invitees of the Ministry's Medical Information/Computer Forum held on December 2, 1992 in London, Ontario. The Ministry located three records responsive to the request: Record 1 is a list of health care providers in the London area to whom an invitation to attend the forum was sent, Record 2 is a sign-in sheet for those health care providers who actually attended the forum and Record 3 is a list of Ministry staff who attended the forum. The Ministry granted total access to Record 3, and partial access to Records 1 and 2. The Ministry severed some of the addresses on these two records pursuant to section 21 of the Act. The requester appealed the Ministry's decision.

During the processing of the appeal, the Ministry reconsidered its decision and disclosed Record 2 to the appellant on the basis that the addresses in this record are only the office addresses of the health care providers.

Further mediation of the appeal was not successful and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the appellant and the Ministry. Representations were received from both parties.

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

• Address
• address
• business/personal information