2007 Orders
Summaries of the Orders are prepared by Policy and Governance, Service Alberta, and are added to this page as soon as they are available.
Orders, New Releases, Summaries
F2007-032: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office upholds Alberta Sustainable Resource Development's decision to release records related to a surface materials lease application to an applicant as the third party did not establish that disclosure of the information and records would be harmful to their business interests.
(Alberta Sustainable Resource Development) (Released January 23, 2008)
F2007-031: Full Text | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner determines that he properly delegated his authority to an adjudicator and did not lose jurisdiction to conduct an inquiry and issue a decision under section 69(6) of the FOIP Act concerning a complaint that the Grande Yellowhead Regional Division No. 35 improperly disclosed records to a third party that subsequently used them in a defamation lawsuit against the complainants.
(Grande Yellowhead Regional Division No. 35) (Released December 4, 2008)
F2007-030: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that the Edmonton Police Service had the authority to conduct CPIC/PROBE searches about an applicant.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released January 2, 2008)
F2007-029: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner finds that the Edmonton Police Commission did not meet its duty to assist an individual with accessing his personal information about a Police Chief competition.
(Edmonton Police Commission) (Released June 17, 2008)
F2007-028: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner finds that the Edmonton Police Service did not meet its duty to assist and orders the release of personal information that had been withheld from an applicant.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released February 21, 2008)
F2007-027: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that the FOIP Act did not apply to the applicant's request for correction of personal information.
(Calgary Health Region) (Released November 20, 2007)
F2007-026: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that Alberta Energy and Utilities Board did not disclose personal information in contravention of the FOIP Act.
(Alberta Energy and Utilities Board) (Released March 18, 2008)
F2007-025: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office determines that the County of Vermilion River #24 must release portions of a settlement agreement with an employee and total amounts billed by law firms to an applicant, but not the employee's letter of resignation or lawyers' bill of account.
(County of Vermilion River #24) (Released December 1, 2008)
F2007-024: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office upholds Alberta Solicitor General and Public Security's decision not to grant the applicant's request for a fee waiver as the records do not relate to a matter of public interest.
(Alberta Solicitor General and Public Security) (Released January 22, 2008)
F2007-023: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office confirms Capital Health's decision not to grant a fee waiver for an information request.
(Capital Health) (Released January 16, 2008)
F2007-022: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office orders the Conseil scolaire catholique et francophone du Sud de l'Alberta to release additional records to the applicant and conduct another search for responsive records.
(Conseil scolaire catholique et francophone du Sud de l'Alberta) (Released October 2, 2007)
F2007-021: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's office determines that Alberta Justice and Attorney General properly withheld most records from an applicant including information in a Crown Prosecutor's file.
(Alberta Justice and Attorney General) (Released June 5, 2008)
F2007-020: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office orders Alberta Finance to excuse the payment of fees for records relating to a matter of public interest.
(Alberta Finance) (Released August 14, 2007)
F2007-019: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner rules that parents had no legal standing on a privacy complaint regarding the seizure of their son's cell phone by school administrators who had accessed photographs contained on the phone.
(Edmonton Public School Board District No. 7) (Released March 11, 2008)
F2007-018: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner determines that the Edmonton Police Commission properly refused to correct personal information in records that were prepared by third parties and orders a proper annotation or link to relevant portions of the file.
(Edmonton Police Commission) (Released April 10, 2008)
F2007-017: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner orders Capital Health to refund the payment of fees for records relating to a matter of public interest.
(Capital Health) (Released January 29, 2008)
F2007-016: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that the applicant should be excused from paying fees for records containing her personal information because of an inability to pay.
(Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry) (Released November 22, 2007)
F2007-015: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that the University of Alberta improperly disclosed the complainant's personal information when it posted statistical summaries of salary increments awarded to staff.
[This order was affirmed on February 27, 2009 (University of Alberta v. Information and Privacy Commissioner) 2009 ABQB 112).]
(University of Alberta) (Released November 21, 2007)
F2007-014: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner determines that it has authority to continue an inquiry despite a jurisdictional challenge related to the timelines set out in section 69(6) of the FOIP Act and rules that the Edmonton Police Service must release certain information regarding billings of a law firm for legal services provided in relation to complaints against the applicant.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released October 21, 2008)
F2007-013: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner orders Alberta Health and Wellness to disclose further information to an applicant regarding the enactment, promulgation and implementation of Bill 27 and associated regulations.
(Alberta Health and Wellness) (Released April 9, 2008)
F2007-012: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that the Edmonton Police Commission did not meet its duty to assist and orders a refund of the fees paid by the applicant.
(Edmonton Police Commission) (Released October 24, 2007)
F2007-011: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner finds that the University of Alberta did not fulfill its statutory obligations under the FOIP Act and orders the University to release a copy of an agreement to the applicant.
(University of Alberta) (Released February 12, 2008)
F2007-010: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office upholds the Town of Lamont's decision to not excuse the applicant from paying fees, but finds that the Town did not properly estimate the fees.
(Town of Lamont) (Released August 14, 2007)
F2007-009: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office finds that whether section 4(1)(k) of the FOIP Act applied to the requested records was a moot issue, as the prosecution in question had been completed by the date of the OIPC inquiry.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released October 2, 2007)
F2007-008: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office upholds Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation's decision to withhold records related to the suspension of an applicant's driver's license based on the legal privilege provisions in the FOIP Act.
(Alberta Infrastructure and Transportation) (Released January 30, 2008)
F2007-007: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner finds that Edmonton Police Service (EPS) properly withheld records relating to complaints made by EPS about certain lawyers and Justices of the Peace.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released April 25, 2007)
F2007-006: Full Text | News Release
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office confirms that the City of Edmonton was not required to release a copy of a certificate of title for land and that the City conducted an adequate search for responsive records.
(City of Edmonton) (Released August 22, 2007)
F2007-005: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner's Office orders the Edmonton Police Service to release portions of a canine training video to the applicant.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released December 12, 2007)
F2007-004: Full Text | News Release
Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner confirms that Alberta Justice and Attorney General properly withheld information about the Adult Criminal Staff Lawyer Pilot Project as the records contained advice from officials and were subject to legal privilege.
(Alberta Justice and Attorney General) (Released January 11, 2008)
F2007-003: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner Office finds that the Edmonton Police Service cannot refuse to confirm or deny the existence of records requested by an applicant.
(Edmonton Police Service) (Released January 23, 2008))
F2007-002: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner orders City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service to stop collecting client information from pawnshops and secondhand stores and to destroy a database created to store the information.
[This order was quashed on January 8, 2009 (Business Watch International Inc. v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2009 ABQB 10).]
(City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service) (Released February 20, 2008)
F2007-001: Full Text | News Release | Summary
Information and Privacy Commissioner orders City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service to stop collecting client information from pawnshops and secondhand stores and to destroy a database created to store the information.
[This order was quashed on January 8, 2009 (Business Watch International Inc. v. Alberta (Information and Privacy Commissioner), 2009 ABQB 10).]
(City of Edmonton and Edmonton Police Service) (Released February 20, 2008)
