Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
• Records relating to the OPP investigation into the whereabouts of a missing person
• Section 2(1) - definition of personal information - records contain the personal information of the appellant's missing son and other identifiable individuals - some of the records also contain the appellant's personal information
• Section 14(1)(a) (law enforcement) – upheld.
• Section 49(a)/14(1)(a) (law enforcement) – upheld for records containing appellant’s personal information.
• Ministry's decision upheld.
Decision Content
NATURE OF THE APPEAL:
The requester in this appeal is the father of a young man who disappeared in Northern Ontario in 2006. The requester submitted a request to the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (the Ministry) under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (the Act) for “any and all documents” pertaining to the police investigation regarding his son’s disappearance.