Collection
Privacy Reports
Date
File Numbers
MC14-5
Adjudicators
Jeffrey Cutler
Decision Type
Privacy Complaint Report
Applicable Legislation
MFIPPA
MFIPPA - 32(d)
MFIPPA - 51(1)
The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario received a complaint alleging that the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic School Board (the Board) contravened the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) when it disclosed the complainant’s son’s Ontario School Record (OSR) during a proceeding filed against the Board with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO). The Privacy Complaint Report concludes that the Act prevails over the confidentiality provisions in sections 266(2) and 266(10) of the Education Act. The Board’s disclosure of the personal information from the OSR to the HRTO was in accordance with section 51 of the Act.