This appeal deals with an access request for all records relating to the police’s use of Clearview AI technology during a specified period of time. The police provided access to records in part to the individual who made the request, but denied access to other records, claiming a number of exemptions as well as the employment or labour relations exclusion under section 52(3) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
The requester raised the public interest in the disclosure of the records. In this order, the adjudicator finds that the exclusion in section 52(3)3 applies to one record, and the exemptions in sections 6(1)(b), 8(1)c), 9(1)(b) and 14(1) apply to some records but not others. The adjudicator also finds that the public interest override does not apply to the information the adjudicator finds exempt. The adjudicator orders the police to disclose certain records to the requester.