The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario received a complaint alleging that the Local Services Board of Britt-Byng Inlet (the board) had improperly collected and disclosed the complainant’s personal information during a public meeting of the board. In response, the IPC opened a privacy complaint file to determine if the collection and disclosure of the complainant’s personal information was in compliance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act).
The Privacy Complaint Report upholds the board’s decision to collect the complainant’s personal information, but concludes that the board was not in compliance with section 32 of the Act when it disclosed the complainant’s personal information at a public meeting of the board.