Review of the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act : Right to information and protection of privacy act

Review of the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act Minister’s Report Review of the Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act Minister’s Report Province of New Brunswick PO 6000, Fredericton NB. [...] The third and final phase of this review included the analysis of the research and feedback received during the consultation, culminating in the production of this report. [...] To support the objectivity or impartiality of the RTI process, the Commissioner recommended that the identity of the applicant should remain confidential until the response letter is being signed. [...] RTIPPA also provides for a public body to disregard an RTI request, with the Commissioner’s approval, based on one of three criteria prescribed in the Act: •. the request unreasonably interferes with the operations of the public body because of the repetitious or systematic nature of the request or the requestor or previous requests; •. the request is incomprehensible, frivolous or vexatious; or • [...] PARC provides advice to the public body, but the final decision to use and disclose the personal information remains with the head of the public body.