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MC10-46

File #  MC10-46
Institution/HIC  Municipality of Chatham-Kent
Summary  The Municipality forwarded an access request to Chatham-Kent Energy and Chatham-Kent Energy forwarded a copy of its response to the access request to the Municipality.

Section 2(1)(personal information) - information about the Complainant's utilities account qualifies as personal information.

Section 18(2)(access) - request was appropriately transferred by the Municipality to Chatham-Kent Energy in accordance with the Act.

Section 28(2)(collection) - the response to the access request was not collected by the Municipality within the meaning of the Act.

Recommendation:

The Municipality should fully delete all electronic copies of Chatham-Kent Energy's response to the access request and securely shred any paper copies in its possession.
Legislation
  • MFIPPA
  • 18(2)
  • 2(1) personal information
  • 28(2)
Subject Index
Signed by  Jeffrey Cutler
Published  Sep 16, 2011
Type  Privacy Complaint Report
Orders and Reports Considered  PC08-39  
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