PO-2488

The Ministry of Finance (the Ministry) received a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (the Act) for access to certain information relating to the insurance industry. This request gave rise to Appeal PA-050139-1, in which the Ministry contacted a named insurance company as an affected party. The named insurance company then made a request to the Ministry under the Act for access to a copy of the original request letter, including the identity of the requester, in Appeal PA-050139-1 (the original requester).

The Ministry identified one responsive record and denied access to it on the basis of section 21(1) of the Act, the personal privacy exemption. The named insurance company requester, now the appellant in this appeal, appealed that decision.

During mediation, the mediator contacted the original requester in Appeal PA-050139-1 to see if consent could be obtained to the release of a copy of the responsive record and the original requester’s identity to the appellant. Consent was not obtained and this matter was streamed to adjudication.

I decided to send a Notice of Inquiry to the appellant initially, and I invited submissions from the appellant on the application of the mandatory personal privacy exemption in section 21(1) to the record at issue. I received representations from the appellant and determined that I did not need to hear from the Ministry.

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

• Name of Requester
• unjustified invasion of
• relevant to a fair determination of rights