Collection
Privacy Reports
Date
File Numbers
MI09-1
Adjudicators
Mark Ratner
Decision Type
Privacy Complaint Report
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA
• Posting of a lawn sign in front of a residence indicting that the residence had been the subject of a search warrant for drugs.
• Section 2(1) (definition of personal information) - the information in question was personal information.
• Section 32 (disclosure) - the disclosure of the personal information was not in accordance with the Act.
Recommendation:
• Cease the practice of posting lawn signs in front of homes indicating that those homes have been the subject of a search warrant for drugs.