Collection
Privacy Reports
Date
File Numbers
MC10-46
Adjudicators
Jeffrey Cutler
Decision Type
Privacy Complaint Report
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA
MFIPPA - 2(1) personal information
MFIPPA - 28(2)
MFIPPA - 18(2)
The Municipality forwarded an access request to Chatham-Kent Energy and Chatham-Kent Energy forwarded a copy of its response to the access request to the Municipality.
Section 2(1)(personal information) - information about the Complainant's utilities account qualifies as personal information.
Section 18(2)(access) - request was appropriately transferred by the Municipality to Chatham-Kent Energy in accordance with the Act.
Section 28(2)(collection) - the response to the access request was not collected by the Municipality within the meaning of the Act.
Recommendation:
The Municipality should fully delete all electronic copies of Chatham-Kent Energy's response to the access request and securely shred any paper copies in its possession.