Collection
Privacy Reports
Date
File Numbers
PC19-00003
Adjudicators
Jennifer Olijnyk
Decision Type
Privacy Complaint Report
Applicable Legislation
FIPPA - 2(1)
FIPPA - 42(1)
FIPPA - 43
Highway Traffic Act - s. 205
Highway Traffic Act - s. 205.0.1
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint alleging that the Ministry of Transportation (the ministry) contravened the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) when it disclosed the complainant’s personal information to a parking lot operator and a collection agency. This report finds that the information at issue is “personal information” as defined in section 2(1) of the Act and that the personal information was disclosed in accordance with sections 42(1)(c) and 43 of the Act.