Adjudicator Upholds School Board's Decision To Deny Non-Custodial Parent's Request For Access To Information

In Order MO-3706, a decision of the office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (the IPC), released on December 17, 2018, the IPC adjudicator, Jennifer James, held that the Toronto District School Board (the TDSB) was correct to deny a non-custodial parent access to information about the location of his daughters' current school as disclosure would have constituted an unjustified invasion of personal privacy under subsection 14(1) of the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (MFIPPA).

Background

The appellant in this case, a father, filed a request to the TDSB under MFIPPA to obtain information about the location of his daughters' current school. The TDSB located the information in the Ontario Student Records (OSR) for each child, but issued a letter denying the appellant access to the requested information. The TDSB claimed that the disclosure of the information would constitute an unjustified invasion of personal privacy