3218-00397 — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
The complainant alleged that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) improperly withheld GPS coordinates of an RCMP vehicle and records of payments. The investigation focused on the GPS coordinates, which the RCMP claimed were exempt under paragraph 16(1)(c) and subsection 16(2) of the Access to Information Act. The Information Commissioner found that the RCMP failed to demonstrate that disclosing the 30-minute GPS data from four years prior met the exemption criteria or that its discretion to withhold was reasonably exercised. Consequently, the complaint was found to be well founded.
- Applicability of paragraph 16(1)(c) to GPS coordinates
- Applicability of subsection 16(2) to GPS coordinates
- Reasonableness of discretion to withhold information
- Timeliness and specificity of the withheld information
Complaint well founded — disclosure ordered
The Commissioner was not satisfied that the specific, limited, and dated GPS data met the criteria for exemption under either paragraph 16(1)(c) or subsection 16(2) of the Act, and the institution failed to demonstrate a reasonable exercise of discretion.
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The RCMP was recommended to release the GPS tracking information for the specified vehicle and time period.
- s.16(1)(c) ATIA
- s.16(2) ATIA
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