P-527

The Ministry of Government Services, now the Management Board Secretariat (the Secretariat), received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for access to information relating to complaints of sexual harassment against the requester. Specifically, the requester sought access to "the names of the persons [who filed the complaints], and the dates of these mentioned complaints, also the complaint and the date of such incident." The Secretariat denied access to the requested information pursuant to section 49(b) of the Act, on the grounds that "releasing this information would constitute an unjustified invasion of other individuals' personal privacy." The requester appealed this decision.

It was not possible to resolve the appeal through mediation and notice that an inquiry was being conducted to review the Ministry's decision was sent to the Ministry, the appellant, and four individuals who submitted the letters of complaint (the affected persons). Representations were received from all of the affected persons and the Secretariat.

• FIPPA

• Harassment Complaint Records