PC-030043-1

On October 6, 2003, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (the IPC) was informed by the Manager of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Office of the Ministry of Labour (the Ministry) of a theft of a briefcase that very day from the vehicle of an Employment Standards Officer working in the London South District Office.

On the basis of this information, the IPC initiated a privacy complaint under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act).

Particulars Concerning the Incident

During the course of the investigation, the Ministry provided the IPC with information in relation to the incident, the details of which are outlined below.

On October 6, 2003, between the hours of 6:30 and 8:30 AM, the vehicle of an Employment Standards Officer (ESO) of the Ministry's London South District Office was broken into by an unknown person in a public parking lot. As a result of the break-in, the ESO's briefcase was stolen from the locked trunk that contained a laptop computer, calculator, and five employment standards files. The London City Police were notified of the theft on that same day as was the Ministry's Regional Director, the Freedom of Information and Privacy Office (FOI Office), and Information Technology (IT) personnel.

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• FIPPA
• 2(1) personal information
• Section 42

• as a result of theft