PC-020035-1

On June 24, 2002, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario (the IPC) received a telephone call from the Executive Assistant and Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General regarding the theft of two vehicles belonging to a Crown Attorney. The IPC was advised that the trunk of one of the stolen vehicles contained a videotaped witness statement and other documents relating to a criminal investigation. The IPC received a follow-up letter dated June 25, 2002, from the Deputy Attorney General, setting out the circumstances surrounding the theft of the vehicles. The letter indicated that sometime in the late hours of Friday, June 21, 2002, two vehicles were stolen from the driveway of a Crown Attorney's home. The trunk of one of the stolen vehicles contained a videotaped witness statement and handwritten notes pertaining to a prosecution before the courts, as well as a confidential legal memorandum pertaining to an ongoing criminal investigation. The Crown Attorney's personal appointment book was also locked in the trunk. The letter indicated that the police had been notified and an investigation was underway.

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

• FIPPA
• Section 42
• 2(1)

• as a result of theft