PC17-15

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint alleging that the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (the Tribunal) contravened the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) when it disclosed personal information in a public decision. A complaint was opened to review the Tribunal’s use and disclosure of personal information. In this report, I find that the Tribunal’s decisions are not covered by the privacy rules in Part III of the Act because the information in those decisions is maintained for the purpose of creating a record available to the general public.