5823-04529 — Royal Canadian Mounted Police

The complainant alleged that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) improperly withheld their own DNA profile, citing subsection 24(1) of the Access to Information Act (disclosure restricted by another law). The RCMP argued that section 6.6 of the DNA Identification Act prohibits the disclosure of such information. The Information Commissioner found that the DNA Identification Act, which is listed in Schedule II of the ATIA, indeed restricts the disclosure of DNA profiles, and therefore upheld the RCMP's decision.

• Interpretation of subsection 24(1) of the Access to Information Act
• Application of section 6.6 of the DNA Identification Act
• Whether the complainant's DNA profile is information whose disclosure is restricted by another law