The requester sought access to information about individuals who called the Ontario Provincial Police about his mental health status. He made a request to the Ministry of the Solicitor General under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The ministry denied access to the information in the records in part under the discretionary exemption permitting an institution to refuse a requester’s own information at section 49(a), read with the law enforcement exemption at section 14(1)(l) (facilitate commission of an unlawful act), and the discretionary personal privacy exemption at section 49(b) of the Act.
In this order, the adjudicator finds that some of the information that has been withheld is not personal information and orders the ministry to disclose it to the appellant. The adjudicator upholds the ministry’s decision to deny access to the remaining information under section 49(a), read with section 14(1)(l), and section 49(b).