An individual made a request under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for all records relating to them. The OLG provided access to several hundred records but denied access to others claiming the personal privacy exemption in section 49(b), as well as the solicitor-client privilege in section 49(a) read with section 19. The OLG also claimed that some of the information was not responsive to the access request.
In this order, the adjudicator finds that some of the information the OLG deemed not responsive is actually responsive to the request. She also finds that some records contain the personal information of other people which is exempt under the personal privacy exemption, and that other information in the records is exempt because it is solicitor-client privileged. The adjudicator further finds that certain information the OLG claimed was personal information (such as the signatures of OLG employees in records) does not qualify as personal information and, as a result, the personal privacy exemption does not apply to it. The adjudicator orders the OLG to disclose the signatures of OLG staff contained in the records to the individual who made the access request.