MC17-48

The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint alleging that the Town of East Gwillimbury (the town) contravened the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) when it released a record with the complainant’s personal information to the public. A complaint was opened to review the town’s collection, use and disclosure of the information at issue. In this report, I find that the some of the information contained in the record at issue is personal information. I find that the town’s collection and use of that information was in accordance with the Act. However, I find that the disclosure of the personal information in the publicly available record was not in accordance with section 32 of the Act.
I recommend that the town redact all street numbers and street names contained in the publicly available memo, chart, agenda and the Special Council Meeting minutes.