MC13-49

The complainant complained that the Guelph Police Service inappropriately used and disclosed the complainant’s personal information while conducting a Police Vulnerable Sector Check. In response the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario opened a privacy complaint file to determine if the use and disclosure of the complainant’s personal information was in compliance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
This Privacy Complaint Report finds that the police’s use of the complainant’s personal information for the purposes of a PVSC was contrary to the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.