MO-4639

An individual made a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for information about a fire in the home occupied by her and her family. The police disclosed most of the investigation file to her, but withheld records related to statements made by an affected party, because their disclosure would be an unjustified invasion of the affected party’s personal privacy (section 38(b)). The appellant also sought to correct some of the information and asked for records from a meeting with the police that took place after she made the access request.
The adjudicator upholds the police’s decision, finding that the withheld information is exempt under section 38(b), the corrections should not be made to the information at issue, and the records from the meeting are outside of the scope of the original request.