Collection
Access to Information Orders
Date
File Numbers
MA23-00133
MA23-00156
Adjudicators
Marian Sami
Decision Type
Order
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA - 17
This order resolves two related appeals. Under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, an individual requested access to records relating to his name being searched through the databases of the Niagara Police Services Board (the police), including the reasons that his name was being searched and underlying associated records. In response to one request, the appellant received access to some information; in response to the other, he was told that there were no responsive records. The requester challenged the reasonableness of the police’s searches because he believed other records should exist. In this order, the adjudicator upholds the reasonableness of the police’s search efforts and dismisses the appeals.