Collection
Privacy Reports
Date
File Numbers
MC19-00104
Adjudicators
John Gayle
Decision Type
Privacy Complaint Report
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA - 2(1)
MFIPPA - 32(e)
Police Services Act - 41(1.1)
O. Reg. 265/98: Disclosure of Personal Information – 5(1)
O. Reg. 265/98: Disclosure of Personal Information – 5(2)
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner received a privacy complaint about the Toronto Police Service (the police)’s disclosure of information relating to an individual’s arrest and drug-related charges to their employer, the Correctional Service of Canada. The complainant believed that the disclosure breached their privacy under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act).
This report finds that the information at issue is “personal information” within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Act. It also finds that the police’s disclosure of this information was not in accordance with section 32 of the Act.